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April 28, 2011
April 28, 2011
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Thus far, there are no reports of injuries or fatalities in Alabama’s Jewish community following a tornado outbreak that is being described as historic, but there were apparently several close calls. The weather outbreak began around 5 a.m. yesterday as a line of storms went […]
April 1, 2011
April 1, 2011
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By Alan Smason Irma Thomas, “the Soul Queen of New Orleans” and the greatest export from Pontchatoula since the strawberry, will be the headliner of this year’s Jazz Fest Shabbat at Touro Synagogue. Thomas, a Grammy Award winner and inductee into the Louisiana Music Hall […]
March 29, 2011
March 29, 2011
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Christians United for Israel will have its first Alabama Night to Honor Israel, Sept. 22 at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. David Brog, CUFI executive director and author of “Standing with Israel,” will be the keynote speaker. The event was announced on March 22 at a […]
March 28, 2011
March 28, 2011
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A coalition of Jackson-area religious leaders, including representatives of Beth Israel Congregation and the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, criticized the March 25 address of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan at the Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement annual conference. Beth Israel […]
March 23, 2011
March 23, 2011
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The term “rebuilding” doesn’t do justice to what Coach Joe Pasternack had to do this season at the University of New Orleans. Faced with the loss of all his scholarship players except for one, he had to completely rebuild a team that nevertheless finished the […]
March 21, 2011
March 21, 2011
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Alabama Governor Robert Bentley will be the guest speaker for Shabbat services at Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El on April 15. Elected to the Alabama House of Representatives from the Tuscaloosa area in 2002, Bentley was elected governor last year. Hours after his inauguration, he made waves […]
March 11, 2011
March 11, 2011
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Shire Human Genetic Therapies is teaming with Southern Jewish Life magazine to sponsor an essay contest that will enable a child in the region who is living with Type 1 Gaucher Disease to attend a non-profit Jewish overnight summer camp. The winner receives a four-week […]
March 10, 2011
March 10, 2011
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Temple Beth Or in Montgomery kicked off the season of Jewish food on Feb. 27 with its annual Jewish Food Festival. With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, corned beef luncheons and other similar events are being planned across the region. Hebrew Union Congregation in Greenville […]
March 9, 2011
March 9, 2011
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Editor’s Note: This piece is part of a series of articles, “Not Just Black and White: The Jewish Community and the Civil Rights Era.” Eighty years ago this month, nine black youths were arrested in Scottsboro, and the subsequent miscarriage of justice would spark the […]