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Tulane University President Scott Cowen announced he will step down from his position on July 1, 2014. “This decision was an extremely difficult one for Margie and me because of our devotion to Tulane and New Orleans, our adopted home,” he said in a message […]

(Melvin Meyer, right, at the Crimson White. Photo courtesy University of Alabama) Editor’s Note: This is part of an ongoing series, Not Just Black and White: Civil Rights and the Jewish Community. On June 11, 1963, one of the most famous bits of historical theater […]

This weekend, Beth Israel in Metairie says goodbye to the Topolosky family, and Birmingham’s Temple Beth-El honors Rabbi Michelle Goldsmith as she leaves the pulpit. Beth-El announced this week that Rabbi Randall Konigsburg will become the congregation’s next rabbi. He and wife Michelle will be […]

By Lee J. GreenWith the initials and a nickname of “CB,” Curt Bloom was destined for the radio. The longest-tenured radio broadcaster in the 130-year history of the Birmingham Barons, the team honored Bloom this past Wednesday at the Rickwood Classic with induction into the […]

When Kathe Hambrick-Jackson arranged for an old school building to be moved across the Mississippi River to Donaldsonville’s River Road African American Museum, she had no idea what a treasure she had. On June 8, she is opening the doors to make sure everyone else […]

With the city of Birmingham hosting numerous events all year marking the 50th anniversary of pivotal civil rights events, the Southern Jewish Historical Society decided to hop on board. The SJHS annual convention, held Nov. 1 to 3, will be part of the city’s official […]

Cantor Sharon Kunitz, a native of Huntsville who was ordained as a cantor in 2009, died suddenly on May 22 during a visit home. She was 55. Temple B’nai Sholom, her long-time congregation, was planning an oneg in her honor for this coming Shabbat evening. […]

Tonight, legendary Louisiana State University baseball coach Skip Bertman will have the LSU baseball field named in his honor. Skip Bertman Field will be the new name for the over-10,000 seat venue. The stadium itself will continue to be called Alex Box Stadium, in honor […]

Members of Beth Israel, Jackson’s only Jewish congregation and the largest in Mississippi, had an unwelcome surprise on the second morning of Shavuot. Late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning someone broke three windows in the building and scratched the word “Jew” into the paint […]