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A press conference on Jan. 7 was held outside the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, in front of the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth statue The decision by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to rescind the Fred Shuttlesworth Award to Angela Davis and cancel the Feb. 16 awards […]

Among the modifications at B’nai Israel in Natchez is an ADA-accessible ramp. Photo courtesy Historic Natchez Foundation The Natchez Festival of Music and the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life are presenting Cabaret Under the Dome at historic Temple B’nai Israel in Natchez, Jan. 17 […]

Members of the New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women at the 2017 New Orleans Women’s March As controversy continues to swirl around the national leadership of the Women’s March, organizers of the New Orleans march have called off their Jan. 19 […]

A statue of Joseph in downtown Dothan pays tribute to the Biblical inspiration for the city’s name By Stephanie Butler Some words are just… big. Anti-Semite, for example. That’s an awfully big word, with a lot of weight to it. It grabs the reader’s attention. […]

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon A new chapter of IfNotNow has opened in New Orleans, and is launching its public activities with a protest of a planned visit to the city by Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon. Founded in […]

Itzhak Perlman at home (courtesy Greenwich Entertainment) Film Festival season has arrived, with the Mobile Jewish Film Festival celebrating its 18th anniversary with an ambitious lineup of 10 films over two weeks in January. Organized in 2002, Jewish Cinema Mississippi in Jackson celebrates has its […]

Three months after a new Chabad center was announced for Pensacola, a third location for Chabad along the Florida panhandle coast was announced, in Panama City Beach. Rabbi Mendy and Chaya Havlin and their three young sons are moving to the area to establish a […]

Temple Emanu-El, Dothan (SJL file) By Rabbi Lynne Goldsmith In July 2007, I accepted the position of rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Dothan. I was a bit nervous. Here I was, a Yankee from Connecticut, moving to the Deep South, wondering if I would be […]

Governor Phil Bryant and Consul General Lior Haiat visit the Elvis Inn, near Jerusalem In November, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant made his fourth trip to Israel in five years, leading a 20-member trade delegation and speaking at the third Jerusalem Leaders Summit. Bryant was presented […]