November 02, 2015
Join Temple Sinai for the Rabbi Murray Blackman Memorial Lecture on Friday, November 13 at 6:15 pm
Kenneth A. Kanter, Rabbi, DD will speak. Next to Manhattan, our most popular song location is “below the Mason-Dixon Line.” “Alabammy,” Georgia peaches, cotton plantations and slaves filled the vaudeville music halls and theaters of America after World War I. Many of these songs were written by New York Jewish songwriters who had never been south of...
November 02, 2015
Dennis Ross & Alan Dershowitz with Ethan Bronner: The US-Israel Relationship
Monday, November 9 at 7:15 pm
They’re from opposite sides of the aisle, but equally expert when it comes to setting the record straight on Israel. Dennis Ross has been a direct participant in shaping US policy towards Israel and the Middle East for nearly 30 years—first in the George H. W. Bush administration, then as Bill
Clinton’s...
October 30, 2015
Chabad Lubavitch of Louisiana presented a program at which Daniel Agrarnov, the Consul of Israel to the Southwest United States, spoke last night at the Gerson Katz Chabad Jewish Center in Metairie.
The program, titled “New Orleans Stands with Israel: An Evening of Solidarity,” began shortly after 7:30 p.m. and was led by a spirited group of very committed members of the local Jewish community.
Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Gabriel...
October 21, 2015
Do you have any girls, boys, women and/or men’s gently used shoes that are taking up room in your closet? Girls and the Run (GOTR) New Orleans and National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) Greater New Orleans Section encourage you not to throw them away; instead donate them now and help local girls and people all over the world.
Girls on the Run New Orleans is a local nonprofit which...
October 18, 2015
Students at the Jewish Community Day School observed the four holidays during the Hebrew month of Tishrei, including Sukkot. They made decorations for the outside sukkah built by willing parent volunteers. JCDS friends and familes enjoyed a beautiful Sukkot dinner – good food, good company, and some cool lava glitter light sun catchers. The older students, along with special guests Rabbi Gabe Greenberg and Rabbi Bob Loewy, visited the sukkah...
October 12, 2015
The future of a memorial garden instituted to honor the memory of a victim of a fatal stabbing may be ensured by the establishment of an Internet funding site for that purpose. The Jessica Hawk Garden was a passion of her former fiancé, scriptwriter and writing coach Lee Horvitz, who died suddenly this summer.
Hawk, a former resident of Cincinnati, had moved to New Orleans in anticipation of...
October 04, 2015
The Touro Infirmary Foundation and Touro Tomorrow will host L’dor V’dor (From Generation to Generation), a post-gala party benefiting Touro Infirmary’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Saturday, November 14, 2015 from 9 p.m. – Midnight at Mardi Gras World’s Mansion Room.
Featuring live entertainment by Flow Tribe, signature dishes from La Cocinita, Mobile Memories Photo Booth, over 200 young professionals around the community and OPEN BAR!
Proceeds from L’dor...
October 04, 2015
The Jewish Community Day School (JCDS) Gala “Homecoming 20! – Looking Back, Moving Forward celebrates the school’s 20th anniversary of providing academic excellence on Sunday, November 15th at 5:00 pm at Temple Sinai.
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, JCDS will honor Bill Norman and Judy and David Fried. Norman is a passionate Jewish Day School advocate, current board member and founder of NOJDS (predecessor to JCDS). Judy Fried is...
October 01, 2015
The Greater New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah is holding its major fundraiser, the “Mad Hatter Tea Party,” on Sunday, October 18 at the Pavilion of the Two Sisters in City Park. The event will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
With tickets selling for $180.00 each, the event is designed to raise needed funds for the medical centers run by the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem as well as...
September 28, 2015
BATON ROUGE, La. – Congregation B’nai Israel will host Art & Soul, its fall fundraiser, at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22 at the B’nai Israel synagogue at 3354 Kleinert Ave. This one-night event includes an auction, wine and signature cocktails, heavy hors d’oeuvres and a live performance with LSU professor and jazz legend Bill Grimes.
The auction features more than 60 items, including merchandise and gift certificates from some of...