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August 16, 2019
August 16, 2019
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Ella Duvdevani (seated) and her Israeli teammates with the Kenya lacrosse team A lacrosse match in the world championships turned into an unexpected opportunity for Israel’s national team to do some good, coordinated by a member of Birmingham’s Jewish community. Their gesture was hailed as […]
August 16, 2019
August 16, 2019
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United States Representative Ted Lieu, a California Democrat, is backtracking from a dual-loyalty trope he tweeted on August 15 after Israel decided not to allow a visit to the territories by Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Among his targets were Rep. Mo Brooks of […]
August 11, 2019
August 11, 2019
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Graffiti outside Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El Over Shabbat, two Birmingham synagogues were tagged with graffiti related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case. “Epstein Must Be Avenged” was scribbled in chalk on the ground next to Temple Emanu-El and Temple Beth-El on Birmingham’s Southside. The community’s […]
August 9, 2019
August 9, 2019
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Football is religion in the South, and few places have a higher concentration of faithful devotees than New Orleans, where even the team name has religious overtones. That can lead to the occasional religious conflict — this year, the Superdome matchup between the Saints and […]
August 7, 2019
August 7, 2019
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Stuart and Suzanne Grant with son, Sam. Photo courtesy the Grant family. The largest-ever gift to the Tulane University Department of Jewish Studies is seen as putting Tulane on the path to be a leader in studying the American Jewish experience. The gift from Stuart […]
July 30, 2019
July 30, 2019
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The Birmingham Holocaust Education Center will honor Alabama Holocaust survivors and their families at the annual L’Chaim event on Aug. 18. “Holocaust Survivors from Generation to Generation” will be at the Jemison Concert Hall at the Alys Stephens Center at 2:30 p.m. The program, a […]
July 16, 2019
July 16, 2019
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The 50th summer is winding down at the Union for Reform Judaism’s Henry S. Jacobs Camp in Utica, and registration for the “50 Years of Jacobs Magic” anniversary weekend is now open. The Mississippi camp, a haven for Jewish students from smaller Southern communities, will […]
July 8, 2019
July 8, 2019
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One of the first Rosenwald schools, in Chehaw, Ala. After years of building strong public support in communities across the nation, the National Parks Conservation Association celebrated the introduction of the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools Study Act, requiring the Secretary of the Interior to […]
July 5, 2019
July 5, 2019
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Lorraine LeBlanc and Curtis Billings in “Freedom.” Photo courtesy National WWII Museum “Freedom,” which opens at the National World War II Museum on July 5, has been in development for over two decades. Playwright Joyce Pulitzer said when they started writing the play, the theme […]