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Forced to relocate to his native New York after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans chef Daniel Esses knew he could not just sit by when Hurricane Sandy hit the northeast. The Bronx native has put together a special menu that pays tribute to the New York […]

An entire generation in Birmingham’s Jewish community grew up under the leadership of Rabbi Abraham J. Mesch, and his memory will be honored next month at his long-time congregation. Temple Beth-El will mark his 50th yahrzeit with a weekend of events featuring his son, Barry […]

Right: Martha Wexler and Jeff Lunden talk during Selichot at Temple Beth-El, Birmingham, about their investigative reporting on Rabbi Menachem Youlus. When journalist Jeff Lunden visited his parents in Silver Spring, Md. in 2005, and his mother told him about a Torah being dedicated at […]

Right: Ethan Ulanow carries a Torah he donated to Beth Israel in Metairie, La., at the congregation’s new building dedication in August. The Torah was acquired from Rabbi Menachem Youlus. Two Torahs that were sold by Rabbi Menachem Youlus (see main story) and are in […]

In 2009, Rickie Voit introduced Stan Zimmerman to Agnes Tennenbaum, a Holocaust survivor and author who had moved to Mobile in 2006. Tennenbaum is author of “A Girl Named Rose: My Holocaust Journey,” and has spoken extensively throughout the area about her experiences. They wanted […]

Last month, a Reform Judaism magazine study ranked Tulane University No. 9 in schools that Jewish students choose, based on percentage of the student body and raw numbers. Starting in 2014, those students can attend football games in an on-campus stadium named after a Jewish […]

New Orleans, which has already made headlines in recent years for cooperation among different Jewish denominations, will host a first-ever Orthodox-Conservative rabbinical conference this month. From Nov. 4 to 6, 10 rabbis will meet in an invitation-only event, along with Rabbi Dov Linzer, Rosh HaYeshiva […]

For Jews of central and Eastern European descent — and even non-Jews who have that ancestry — there is a one in four chance of being a carrier of at least one of 19 preventable genetic diseases. In the past, prospective parents had no way […]

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon will be in Birmingham on Nov. 12 for a couple of events, including the JH Israel Annual Dinner. Ayalon, who formerly was Israel’s ambassador to the United States from 2002 to 2006, will speak on “The Truth about Israel […]