I was blessed to spend the bulk of my rabbinic service in a place I didn’t belong. I am a Yankee, born in New York, who served a synagogue in the Deep South. When I first arrived decades ago, I found myself anxiously striving to keep Judaism — and Jews — from being submerged in…
(JTA) — Early on Friday mornings, Diane Weil leaves her house in Montgomery, Alabama, with an umbrella. The 64-year-old registered nurse doesn’t need it to shield her from the rain. Instead she uses it to block patients from protesters who come to the health clinic where she has been volunteering every week since September. Reproductive…
Update, May 16: The combined bill was passed by the state legislature and signed into law on Wednesday, May 15 by Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. (JTA) — Alabama state lawmakers drew comparisons between the Holocaust and abortion in bills introduced earlier this month. Sen. Greg Albritton and Rep. Terri Collins, both Republicans, introduced matching bills…
(JTA) — Seven years ago, Lisa and Kenny Priddle left New York to help build up the Jewish community of the small Alabama town of Dothan. They were attracted by the idea of shoring up the Jewish community in the South and also by the offer of a $50,000 grant from local millionaire hotelier Larry…
The Christian group that runs the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. sponsored a trip to Romania for a member of Congress to meet with a local political leader accused of anti-Semitism, the left-wing news outlet TYT Network reported Wednesday. Republican Rep. Robert Aderholt of Alabama met with Marian Munteanu on two separate occasions…
There’s a joke that’s often told in the South about a hunter on the line with the local emergency services after the buddy who is with him while stalking deer has a heart attack. He tells the woman on the line, “Bubba’s dead,” to which the woman responds, “Well, sir, make sure that Bubba is…
Kayla Moore, the wife of failed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, has revealed the identity of the Jewish attorney she cited to defend her husband from anti-Semitism charges — and that attorney is a Christian. The identity of the lawyer was the subject of intense curiosity in the Jewish community ever since Kayla Moore proclaimed…
Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore’s wife Kayla made waves last month when she tried to defend her husband from charges of anti-Semitism by saying, “One of our attorneys is a Jew.” The Forward was the first publication to report that Moore’s son Caleb was defended on drug charges in 2016 by an attorney named Richard…
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