Tag: Alabama
Israel has noteworthy top-15 overall finish at the World Games
Despite a final two days of podium near misses by Israeli athletes competing in acrobatic gymnastics and wakeboarding at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, the leader of the Israeli delegation was “speechless” at how well...
World Games week in review: Israel wins four golds, one silver
On the first day of the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Team Israel took a group photo at the city’s iconic statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge.
Miniature statues of Vulcan are being presented...
Birmingham honors Abraham Accords with ‘peace tree’ during World Games
The 2022 World Games in Birmingham have been promoted with the slogan of “witness history” in a city that has come together after being a flashpoint of the seemingly intractable civil rights struggle in the early...
World Games: Activist waves Palestinian flag next to Israelis during Opening Ceremony
As Israel’s delegation marched into the 2022 World Games opening ceremony on July 7 in Birmingham, Ala., there was an unexpected intrusion as an activist who was a volunteer for the games was able to get...
Alabama Cherokee tribe establishes ties with Israel, recognizes ‘undivided’ Jerusalem
The Northeast Alabama Cherokee held a ceremony on Sept. 25 in Guntersville, Ala., to establish a relationship with Israel. There, the tribe presented a resolution, unanimously passed by the Tribal Council, recognizing the “sovereign...
FBI, ADL offer rewards for leads to vandalized Jewish institutions in Alabama
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man captured on surveillance video last year vandalizing a synagogue and Chabad House in Huntsville, Ala.
Swastikas...
Alabama Republicans seek to expel Omar from Congress
Alabama Republicans are urging lawmakers to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from Congress for “engaging in rhetoric that explicitly runs counter to American values and patriotism by falsely accusing U.S. armed forces of committing...
Doug Jones victory speech: After Moore denies anti-semitism, Jones wishes ‘Happy Hanukkah’
Doug Jones thanked his family and supporters for a shocking Senate victory in Alabama Tuesday.
He also, intentionally or not, evoked opponent Roy Moore's defense against anti-semitism claims that some viewed as cringeworthy at best.
"To all my Jewish...
JCC Maccabi Games come to Birmingham
Hundreds of student athletes from across the country descended on Birmingham Sunday for the 35th Annual JCC Maccabi Games.
Despite threats of violence that shook the Jewish Community earlier in 2017, Executive Director of the...