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Many pivotal events in the Civil Rights era happened in our coverage area between 1963 and 1965. They include the Birmingham Campaign in early 1963, the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church later that year, the 1964 killing of three civil rights workers — […]

Top, Rabbi Donald Kunstadt surveys the damage on Dec. 26.This past Shabbat, three days after a tornado damaged its building, Springhill Avenue Temple in Mobile attended a joint community service at the city’s other congregation, Ahavas Chesed. For at least the next few weeks, Springhill […]

Four different groups for Jewish young adults in New Orleans are merging, creating a new unified organization for those ages 21 to 45. JNOLA will be the “hub for Next Gen Jewish life in New Orleans,” and will debut on Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m., […]

In 1962, eight families that wanted a more traditional approach than what was offered at Huntsville’s Temple B’nai Sholom started Etz Chayim, a Conservative congregation.The now 65-family congregation will celebrate its 50th anniversary the weekend of Jan. 18 with several events. On Jan. 18, the […]

Four communities in the region will be hosting Jewish Film Festivals this month, with a wide range of Jewish-themed offerings. Only one film — “Hava Nagila” — will be screened at all four venues, but several films are in more than one community. Mobile’s Jewish […]

Updated on Dec. 26, then on Dec. 28 to reflect postponement of Sunday’s congregational cleanup: At noon on Dec. 26, Rabbi Donald Kunstadt was walking around the property of Springhill Avenue Temple in mid-town Mobile, looking at the damage a tornado had caused the previous […]

Update Jan. 1: Due to the Dec. 25 tornado, the event at Springhill Avenue Temple in Mobile on Jan. 11 has been cancelled. Visionary Jewish educator Ron Wolfson, who has visited hundreds of synagogues across the continent, will be visiting several communities in a Southern […]

About three decades ago, there was a Birmingham Jewish community screening for Tay-Sachs disease, the best known disease that is prevalent in Jews of European descent. Now, there are 19 such diseases identified, with one in four Jews carrying genes that can be passed on […]