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Journalists tour Kibbutz Kfar Aza near the Israel-Gaza border, Nov. 2, 2023. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90. A group of 14 Republican state attorneys general called on media organizations to cut ties with freelancers who are affiliated with Hamas, and to ensure that their hiring […]

In response to inquiries from community members since the events of Oct. 7, the Alabama Holocaust Education Center has created Taking Action Together, a series of virtual lunch programs that will take place in the coming months. Executive Director Lisa Bachman said the series is […]

The rear of Texas A&M University in Education City, Al Rayyan, Qatar. Credit: Alex Sergeev via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy has released a new report raising awareness of the potential threat from Qatar’s influence over […]

Annie Weinstein Richardson, one of the four women stabbed in an attack at Louisiana Tech in Ruston on Nov. 13, died the next evening. Richardson was walking with three friends outside Lambright Sports and Wellness Center, the campus recreation facility, when they were attacked shortly […]

Dillard University President Rochelle Ford, right, spoke at the American Jewish Press Association convention in New Orleans this past July. From SJL and JNS reports Louisiana will be well represented on the speaker stage at the March for Israel in Washington on Nov. 14. The […]

While it may seem that Michael Rawl was born to head a Jewish Community Center, as he reflects on his journey to New Orleans, it was more like he stumbled into the work. “It seemed like it would have been such a good choice,” he […]

A Lone Soldier from Atlanta was killed on Nov. 6 in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem. Sgt. Elisheva Rose Ida Lubin, 20, was a border police officer near Herod’s Gate at Jerusalem’s Old City. She had immigrated to Israel in August 2021 and was drafted […]

Students and teachers at Jefferson Jacob School, in Prospect, Ky., circa 1920s.Photo by Andrew Feiler/The Filson Historical Society Two exhibits focusing on the partnership between a Black academic and a Jewish philanthropist to expand educational opportunities for Southern Blacks a century ago are opening in […]

Blue and white bows are popping up on mailboxes in the Birmingham suburbs as a small showing of solidarity has greatly exceeded expectations. Mountain Brook residents Rachel Mazer and Emily Ulmer Feinstein had traveled to Israel together last year, and after the Oct. 7 attack, […]