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On March 27, two former New Orleans foster children will give their perspectives in “Overcoming Life’s Challenges and Making Your Life Count.” Their 11 a.m. address at Temple Sinai will be part of the annual meeting for the Jewish Children’s Regional Service, and is open […]

Residents of Birmingham’s Faush Metropolitan Manor by downtown Woodlawn don’t have to worry about having a key to the building with them — they are the keys to the building. On Feb. 23, Major General Aharon Zeevi Farkash, former head of Israeli Military Intelligence, visited […]

Rabbi Bob Alper returns to Alabama this month, and for one of his two shows, he’s bringing along a couple of friends. Alper, an ordained rabbi, became a stand-up comedian and became known as “the world’s only practicing clergyman doing stand-up comedy… intentionally.” His shows […]

On Feb. 16, New Yorker Vanessa Hidary, also known as the “Hebrew Mamita,” will give two different performances at Ted’s Garage in Birmingham, sponsored by the Leah Marks Honor Our Children Fund of the Birmingham Jewish Foundation. The fund’s purpose is to encourage young people […]

In addition to the usual throws, anniversaries will be in the air for Mardi Gras groups with Jewish roots this year. On Feb. 19, the Krewe du Mishigas will once again march in the Krewe du Vieux Parade through the French Quarter. Each of the […]

The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience will be re-enacting part of the Southern Jewish experience — starting out in a small town and moving on to a larger home. In early January, the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life and the Union for Reform […]

The Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life has begun a webinar series, to provide adult education opportunities to anyone with a computer. Two webinars have been announced for each of the next two months. Information on the sessions and registration can be found at the […]

Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss, director of adult outreach at Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El, has been named senior rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Houston, Tex. Hausman-Weiss has been at Birmingham’s Emanu-El for 11 years, establishing a wide range of new programming. The Houston congregation was established in 1944 […]

In 2003, Rabbi Jeffrey Ballon spoke at the Huntsville memorial to the Space Shuttle Columbia crew, which included Israeli Ilan Ramon Rabbi Jeffrey Ballon, who served Huntsville’s Temple B’nai Sholom from 2001 to 2009 before stepping down while battling brain cancer, died on Jan. 19. […]