May

In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, Beth Israel in Jackson will have programs on that theme this month as part of its 150th anniversary celebration. The congregation became a focal point in the 1961 Freedom Rides, as a group of blacks […]

Members of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at the University of Alabama are about to become experts in women’s clothing. Alabama ZBT alumnus David Aresty has arranged for a donation of a trailer filled with thousands of items of new women’s clothing from the Alfred Dunner […]

Plans are moving forward on initiatives to help the long-term Alabama recovery from the April 27 tornadoes, with two Birmingham synagogues announcing major national initiatives. Starting on May 16, Knesseth Israel Congregation will be partnering with two national agencies to become a center for Jewish […]

Aly Goldfarb of Birmingham, who moved to Israel earlier this year to train at the Oren Hasharon professional track club in Israel, was invited to join Israel’s national track team. A recent graduate of Birmingham-Southern, Goldfarb was selected by the club for her overall track […]

The Jewish Federation of Central Alabama, based in Montgomery, is reaching out to tornado-damaged communities in the central part of the state. Among the needs the Montgomery group has met is large plastic storage containers so those who live in tents can store their donated […]

The Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans have each issued $1,000 grants toward the Alabama tornado relief efforts. According to the Foundation, “As a community that knows all too well the difficult road that lies ahead for those […]

Elie Lowenfeld speaks with a volunteer at a food bank set up at the First Baptist Church in Pleasant Grove Elie Lowenfeld has been working disasters for five years, and even he hasn’t seen anything quite like what happened last week in Alabama. “You look […]

Rabbi Avi Weiss visits with J.D. Smith in Pleasant Grove this morning This morning, Rabbi Avi Weiss of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale accompanied Rabbi Eytan Yammer of Birmingham’s Knesseth Israel Synagogue and several volunteers from the Birmingham Jewish community on a visit to Pleasant […]

Tornado damage in Pratt City Across central and northern Alabama, tornado relief efforts are still in high gear as damage assessments continue. Tonight, Rabbi Avi Weiss of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale arrived in Birmingham for a program at Knesseth Israel. Rabbi Eytan Yammer has […]