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alabama
Echoes of Selma: Angeleno recalls Alabama summer of ‘65
Jewish Journal
January 13, 2015
How big of a “We” were the Jews in “We shall overcome”?
Alabama youth group pulling billboard quoting Hitler
Jewish Journal
June 3, 2014
An Alabama billboard quoting Adolf Hitler is being taken down at the request of the advertising company that leased the space.
When football and Yom Kippur collide
Jewish Journal
September 13, 2013
While many of us are finding this year’s Yom Kippur conveniently scheduled because it falls on the weekend, at Texas A&M the holiday clashes with one of the most significant days on the football calendar: Aggies vs. Alabama. The Wall Street Journal reports:
Ala. justice removed over Ten Commandments advances in bid to return
Jewish Journal
March 15, 2012
A former Alabama chief justice who was removed for placing a monument to the Ten Commandments in his courthouse won the Republican primary in a bid to get back his job.
Santorum’s Southern sweep mars Romney’s front-runner status
Jewish Journal
March 14, 2012
Rick Santorum swept two Southern states in Republican primaries, complicating Mitt Romney\’s status as front-runner and all but burying Newt Gingrich\’s chance for the nomination.
Jewish community aiding tornado victims
Jewish Journal
April 29, 2011
Jewish groups are mobilizing assistance in areas of the U.S. Southeast struck by devastating tornadoes this week.
Scars Fall on Alabama
Jewish Journal
July 16, 1998
Close to half the Reform temples in Alabama are named \”Emanuel,\” which is Hebrew for \”God is with us.\” Jews all over the state are hoping it proves true this fall, when voters pick a governor.
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