Larry Brook

3 weeks ago | sjlmag.com | Jacob Kornbluh |Larry Brook

Donald Trump and Randy Fine in 2024. Courtesy of Randy Fine via The ForwardBy Jacob Kornbluh(The Forward) — In the first major test for the Republican Party just two months after Donald Trump took office, a race for a solidly red seat in north-central Florida suddenly threatens to shrink the GOP majority in the House and embolden Democrats, who are still reeling from a devastating loss in the presidential election.

1 month ago | israelinsight.substack.com | Larry Brook

Wearing a hostages dogtag, Auburn Coach Bruce Pearl speaks at the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament press conference after Auburn defeated Creighton, 82-70. Screenshot. by Larry BrookIsrael InSight Magazine: For Israel's Christian Friends is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

1 month ago | sjlmag.com | Larry Brook |Richard C Friedman

By Richard FriedmanFrom where I sat, I could see everyone’s face. A small group of Birmingham journalists, media people and community activists were focused on the speaker. Gil Hoffman, a longtime writer for Israel’s Jerusalem Post and executive director of Honest Reporting, was seated next to me engaging the group in a thoughtful dialogue. Hoffman, who lives in Israel, was in Birmingham for several events.

1 month ago | sjlmag.com | Larry Brook

As the Indycar season begins this weekend in Florida, history will be made as Robert Shwartzman will become the first Israeli driver to take to the track. At a Jan. 10 event in Charlotte, PREMA Racing announced it would join the NYY INDYCAR Series, introducing Shwartzman and former rival and INDYCAR veteran Callum Illot as their two drivers. The series begins on March 2 with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, at 11 a.m. Central on FOX.

2 months ago | sjlmag.com | Larry Brook

Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan talks with David Jackson of the Philos Project while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of the 1965 Bloody Sunday civil rights demonstrations, in February 2021. SJL file. Sixty years after a large number of Jewish activists from across the country descended on Selma for the Selma to Montgomery March for civil rights, Jewish groups are planning to gather in the city for the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.