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August 5, 2011
August 5, 2011
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Beth Israel in Jackson, one of Mississippi’s oldest synagogues, is preparing for its 150th anniversary celebration weekend, Sept. 16 to 18. Over 1000 invitations have gone out to current and former congregants, and supporters. The weekend will feature a “welcome home” congregational dinner, gala event […]
August 5, 2011
August 5, 2011
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By Larry Brook, editor/publisher In high school, one of the books we were assigned to read was “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker. Because of the book, she is a celebrated figure in this nation; around here she is also known for her time living […]
July 26, 2011
July 26, 2011
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Chef Brack May of Cowbell Restaurant will highlight Culinary Arts week of Taglit Camp at the New Orleans Jewish Community Center’s Metairie campus. Culinary Arts week will take place August 1 to 5 and is open to children entering grades 6 to 8. May completed […]
July 24, 2011
July 24, 2011
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Phyllis Weinstein, chair of the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center, said the center’s office had never seen a crowd like this one. This afternoon, Ruth Siegler signed copies of “My Father’s Blessing,” a memoir about her experiences in the Holocaust and her journey to a normal […]
July 22, 2011
July 22, 2011
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Birmingham Mayor William Bell presents a proclamation to Rabbi Zalman Perlman today, as Rabbis Dani Saul and Shmuel Rothstein look on. It isn’t every day you see three rabbis, fringes blowing in the breeze, bicycling the back roads of the South. But that’s the whole […]
July 21, 2011
July 21, 2011
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Located just one block from each other, Touro Synagogue in New Orleans and the Sophie B. Wright Charter School make natural partners. Their partnership has now been recognized on a national level, with the presentation of a national Fain Award from the Commission on Social […]
July 20, 2011
July 20, 2011
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Win tickets to the concert: See below for details. On July 28, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta, will be at numerous theaters in our region. “Live From Jerusalem: An Evening With the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra” will be shown on a delayed same-day […]
July 18, 2011
July 18, 2011
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Donna Askenazi, center, organized the bake sale today at the Levite Jewish Community Center. Lauren, Alexis and Beth Greenwald bring goods from Atlanta As Donna Askenazi was being asked by the local Fox affiliate about her friends, Robin and Joshua Berry, the emotions began to […]
July 15, 2011
July 15, 2011
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Levi Aron, who is charged with the murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky in Brooklyn on Monday, had recently lived in Memphis. The case has rocked the Orthodox community in Brooklyn, as both the victim and the accused are part of the community. Kletzky was walking […]