September 2018 – Page 2 – Southern Jewish Life Magazine

September 7, 2018

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Who’s Who Among Rabbis in the Region for the High Holy Days

While the High Holy Days are often a time to bask in the comfortable and familiar, in an unusually high number of cases, congregants will need a scorecard to tell who the players are. Some congregations have new full-time rabbis, such as Rabbi Stephen Slater […]

September 6, 2018

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Anti-Semitic graffiti at Northshore Jewish Congregation

Less than a week before Rosh Hashanah, anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered on the back wall of Northshore Jewish Congregation in Mandeville, 25 miles north of New Orleans, on Wednesday. A couple of neighbors entered the building to ask administrator Rebecca Slifkin if she was aware […]

September 6, 2018

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Metairie’s Torah Academy to be renamed for Joseph and Rosina Slater after major gift

Torah Academy in Metairie made a huge step forward in its Burn the Mortgage Campaign with the announcement of a $1.8 million gift that will result in the renaming of the school. On Sept. 13, the school will become the Joseph and Rosina Slater Torah […]

September 5, 2018

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Touro Synagogue commissioning a new Torah

Robert Kohn carried Touro Synagogue’s 200-year-old “mystery Torah” from the sanctuary to the congregation’s historical display, during a January 19 dedication ceremony. In January, Touro Synagogue placed its “mystery Torah,” which turned out to be over 200 years ago, in a display case in its […]

September 4, 2018

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Jerry Sklar and the Running of the Stallions

The Sklar family recalls the glory days of the Birmingham Stallions, which Jerry Sklar, center, led as team president As the “traditional” football season gets underway, another spring league, the Alliance of American Football, is preparing for a February 2019 debut, with Birmingham, Atlanta and […]