Today’s guest columnist is Richard Friedman.
I hugged her as soon as I saw her.
This friend, a Birmingham Christian woman in her 20’s, had just come back from Israel.
She’d been there during the June war with Iran, sheltering in Jerusalem. Continue reading Birmingham fuels Israel’s strength
Today’s guest columnist is AshLeigh Dunham.
“This never happens.”
For the second time, we did not get any embryos.
Again, we were shuffled out of the back of the clinic for our own privacy. Continue reading Birmingham stands as beacon of hope for IVF
Today’s guest columnist is Bob Stewart.
There are all kinds of ways to define comeback.
Is Birmingham the ComebackTown or the come back town? Continue reading Birmingham, there’s more than one way to mount a comeback
By David Sher
Coach Saban seems to understand what we give up by living in Alabama.
This spring my wife and I attended our grandson’s high school graduation in Atlanta.
We’re so proud because our grandson had been accepted to Georgia Tech.
But then it struck us. Continue reading What we give up by living in Alabama, ask Nick Saban
Today’s guest columnist is Dr, Thomas Reidy.
A blackjack split open Joe Gelders’s head before three men shoved him into a nearby sedan. It was late in the evening on the 26th day of September 1936.
The kidnappers drove an hour and half from Birmingham to a wooded area near Maplesville, where the tormentors stripped Gelders naked but for his underwear, then beat him nearly to death. Continue reading Birmingham, a story of Communism you may not know
Today’s guest columnist is Sam Blakemore.
“Sam, I’m angry at God… that little girl is too precious for Him to do this to her.
She doesn’t deserve this; and I’m mad at God for doing this to her!”
I saw rage in her father’s eyes because Anna’s health was taking a turn for the worse. Continue reading Poignant plea: Parents need marijuana for suffering kids
By David Sher
I don’t get the logic.
I read the headlines and excuses, but they make no sense.
Read this recent headline.
“Pelham raises sales tax for the first time since 2013” Continue reading Pelham, Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook flimsy excuse to raise taxes
By David Sher
I’m going to talk about Alabama’s license plate codes to belly-ache about our Birmingham regions lack of growth.
When I was a child traveling out of state and I saw an Alabama license plate beginning with the number 1, I would proudly proclaim to my family that the folks in that car were from Birmingham, and I would think to myself: Birmingham, the #1 city in Alabama.
Continue reading Is Jefferson County about to lose #1 license plate?
Today’s guest columnist is Richard Friedman.
During my long tenure as Executive Director of the Birmingham Jewish Federation, an Israeli Consul General told me something I’ve never forgotten. “You know,” he said. “We consider Alabama the most pro-Israel state in the country.” Continue reading Alabama may be the most pro-Israel state in the country
Today’s guest columnist is Karen Musgrove.
On April 1, 2022, the children at our school, the Magic City Acceptance Academy (MCAA), were attacked.
MCAA, a free public charter school founded in 2021 by BAO (Birmingham AIDS Outreach), opened with 250 students grades 6th through 12th. Continue reading What do you do when your children are attacked by an Alabama politician?