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Professor Richard Stone and Rabbi Joseph Telushkin in New Orleans this past January. Professor Richard Stone, a New Orleans native, is nearing the end of his two terms as chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. On April 22, the conference’s […]

As part of the 50th anniversary commemorations of the civil rights struggles in Birmingham, the local Hadassah chapter is partnering with several local organizations to present “Our Mockingbird,” a documentary about the classic novel “To Kill A Mockingbird.” The film will be screened at the […]

Six years after losing his son to leukemia, Peter Sharp is returning to his native land of England in May to do a fundraiser that will take him from “Land’s End to John O’Groat’s.” Sharp is owner and innkeeper at the four-diamond Fairview Inn in […]

At the age of 11, Birmingham’s Malik Kofi is drawing a great deal of attention for his skills with the cello, as well as his academic and public speaking record. His musical talents have attracted the ear of Uri Bar-David of Philadelphia, who will be […]

On April 10, the board of Community Day School in Metairie unanimously named Sharon Pollin of Portland, Ore., as its new head of school. In January, Bob Berk announced that he was going to leave at the end of this school year and return to […]

The Jewish Federation of Central Alabama will celebrate Israel’s 65th birthday with cultural activities and a visit from Boston Klezmer band Ezekiel’s Wheels. The Wheels’ unique style was forged in the subway stations and farmers’ markets of Boston, where the informal setting and ever-changing audience […]

  Rabbi Milton Grafman led Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El during the city’s civil rights struggles. “Are you still a bigot?” Every year for the rest of his life, students studying Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” would call Rabbi Milton Grafman, knowing little of […]

Communities throughout the South will be marking Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, with a range of programs and events. Currently on display at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is “BESA: Muslims that Saved Jews During World War II.” The photo exhibit will be on display […]

This month, a Tulane alumnus is being inducted posthumously into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.Weightlifter David Mark Berger, one of the Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics, will be part of this year’s class that will be inducted […]