By Keysha Drexel Journal editor Two Vestavia Hills students recently traded their lockers for luggage for a global family trip.Delaney and Riley McIntyre and their parents, Dale and Kellie, traveled to 10 countries across three continents during the second and third nine weeks of the school year and returned home in February so the girls could finish out the school … [Read more...]
Foundation Forms Wise Up Initiative to Raise Concussion Awareness
By Keysha DrexelUp until a few years ago, Sharyne Wallace said, she was like most people--unaware of the long-term consequences of concussions.But after seeing how head injuries have affected both her husband and her son-in-law, Wallace said she's determined to make sure the public is more informed."Concussions and brain injuries are part of a silent epidemic in … [Read more...]
Finding Their Family
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorThe Hood family of Inverness got a head start on celebrating Mother's Day last week with their annual Gotcha Day celebration.On April 22, Mountain Brook High School Principal Amanda Hood and her husband, Jerry, celebrated the sixth anniversary of the day they became parents by adopting four children from Ukraine."April and May … [Read more...]
New Rabbi at Temple Beth-El: Konigsburg, Congregation Will Combine Passover Traditions
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorThe new rabbi at Temple Beth-El in Birmingham is celebrating his first Passover season in Alabama by combining the congregation's holiday traditions with one he has practiced at other synagogues.This year, Temple Beth-El's Passover observations will benefit Collat Jewish Family Services and the Birmingham Police Department's … [Read more...]
Building Bonds, Not Barriers: Community Passover Seder Will Celebrate Jewish, Christian Roots
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorThis week, the Christian Holy Week and the eight-day Jewish Passover holidays overlap as followers of both faiths celebrate the deep structures and beliefs of their religions.And while at first glance the holidays may seem to have little in common, the new rabbi of a Messianic Jewish congregation in Hoover said they are undeniably … [Read more...]