🌱 Patch AM: How a Mountain Brook teen keeps his great-grandmother’s Holocaust story alive

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• How a Mountain Brook teen keeps his great-grandmother’s Holocaust story alive

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Turning sunny and chilly, with a high of 41 and low of 29 degrees.
• Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 51, low: 34.
• Thursday: Sunny and not as cool, with a high of 58 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Best Stories of 2025: "A living testament: 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Riva Hirsch" (villagelivingonline.com) — Mountain Brook readers are revisiting a powerful 2025 story about junior high student Hampton Doobrow honoring his 91-year-old great-grandmother, Holocaust survivor Riva Hirsch, in a school TEDx talk. The piece traces Hirsch’s harrowing childhood, her family’s path to Birmingham, and why she still shares her story to combat rising Holocaust denial worldwide.
   

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Wednesday December 31

• HOLIDAY HOURS 5 a.m.-4 p.m.
  Levite Jewish Community Center , 3960 Montclair Rd , Birmingham

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• Line Dancing-Intermediate
  Pelham, AL Calendar , 50 Racquet Club Parkway , Pelham
  10:00 am
• Silver Sneakers Yoga
  Pelham, AL Calendar , 2020 Pelham Park Boulevard , Pelham
  10:45 am
• Line Dancing - Improver
  Pelham, AL Calendar , 50 Racquet Club Parkway , Pelham
  11:45 am
• Public Skate Session
  Pelham, AL Calendar
  11:45 am
• Line Dancing - Beginner
  Pelham, AL Calendar , 50 Racquet Club Parkway , Pelham
  1:00 pm
• Barre
  Pelham, AL Calendar , 2020 Pelham Park Boulevard , Pelham
  5:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• City Hall Closed - New Year's Eve
  City of Irondale , 101 20th St S , Irondale
  7:00 am
• Zumba Gold
  Pelham, AL Calendar , 50 Racquet Club Parkway , Pelham
  10:45 am
• Yoga
  Pelham, AL Calendar , 50 Racquet Club Parkway , Pelham
  12:00 pm
• Silver Sneakers
  Pelham, AL Calendar , 2020 Pelham Park Boulevard , Pelham
  1:00 pm
• On Wednesdays We WINE for half-off!
  Hoover Chamber of Commerce , 5426 Hwy 280 Suite 6 , Hoover
  3:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Vestavia Hills

• St. Louis pro pickleball team to partner with The Picklr in Vestavia, Huntsville (vestaviavoice.com)
• Best Stories of 2025: "Back on the saddle: Vestavia Hills' White back to biking" (vestaviavoice.com)
• Judge denies bond for Vestavia Hills man accused of kidnapping, raping woman on Halloween (wbrc.com)

Homewood

• Homewood Soccer Club to host winter camp at West Homewood Athletic Complex (thehomewoodstar.com)
• 10+ ways to ring in the new year around Alabama (thebamabuzz.com)
• Best Stories of 2025: "Creekside dropped" (thehomewoodstar.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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