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By Kiara Dunlap When a young woman from California moves across the country for college and lands an internship with Southern Jewish Life magazine and the Birmingham Times, she quickly learns a lot about rich, deeply rooted history here in Birmingham. I am Kiara Dunlap, […]

Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation in Metairie will honor nine congregational “mensches” at the “Mensches and Merriment” gala on Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. President Peter Title said “This will be an evening of fine cuisine, cocktails, music, fun and friendship, all to support the important […]

By Lee J. Green The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is connecting the present with the past as they kick off the 2023-24 season with the show that started it all when the ASF moved to Montgomery in 1985. William Shakespeare’s classic comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” […]

The South Central region of the Anti-Defamation League is merging its two annual fundraisers into one main event, debuting on Oct. 4 as the Concert Against Hate, featuring the A.I. Botnick Torch of Liberty Awards and the Community Impact Awards. This year’s Botnick honorees are […]

The National WWII Museum will open the highly anticipated Liberation Pavilion, its final permanent exhibit hall, and officially dedicate the Col. Battle Barksdale Parade Ground, an outdoor gathering space in the heart of the New Orleans campus, on Nov. 3 — in time for the […]

Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon met with Governor Tate Reeves. Israeli Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon recently had a series of meetings with government, academic and business leaders in Alabama and Mississippi, exploring ways to expand collaboration between the states and Israel. Sultan-Dadon heads the Israeli Consulate […]

JBS series “In the Spotlight” with host Abigail Pogrebin By Lee J. Green Jewish Broadcasting Service Acting CEO Darah Golub remembers back in 2005, when her father, Rabbi Mark S. Golub, said American television needed a Jewish channel. Today, JBS is a non-profit Jewish television […]

Snir Lalum, an Israeli living in Birmingham, was killed in what was considered a robbery attempt on Aug. 24. Lalum, 44, was co-owner of Insta-Movers and was opening the business for the day around 5 a.m. when he was apparently followed to the business from […]

A survivor of Auschwitz who travels the country speaking about resilience, tolerance and forgiveness will be in Louisiana next month. Esther Basch, known as “The Honey Girl of Auschwitz,” says that while she can’t forget what happened to her, she can forgive, because holding a […]