Get ready for hamantaschen of the ninth order as the New Orleans Jewish Community Center, 5342 St. Charles Avenue, hosts its annual Adloyodah Purim Festival on Sunday, March 8, from 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe Biden beat expectations on Super Tuesday, the biggest primary day in the Democratic presidential stakes, slowing the surge of Bernie Sanders and becoming the front-runner.
Mike Bloomberg, the former New York mayor, dropped...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party improved its chances of forming a government after it gained three more seats in parliament than Blue and White at the close of voting in Israel, exit polls showed.
Following the October, 2018 terrorist attack at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life/ L’Or Simcha Synagogue and last year’s attack at the Chabad of Poway (California) Center, the primary concern for Jewish synagogues and other institutions has been that...
Both on screen and behind the scenes, Jewish directors, producers and writers are credited with developing the Hollywood system as we know it today. These seven pioneering Jewish actresses defied expectations of their gender and many survived...
AALST, Belgium (JTA) — Caricatures of Jews, including ones depicting them as ants, were prominently displayed at this city’s annual parade, drawing the ire of Belgium’s prime minister, who said that these caricatures “damage” the country’s values...
NEW YORK (JTA) — A hand-drawn portrait of a young man in a French internment camp. A photo of a Jewish girl who survived the Holocaust by hiding in a monastery. A letter detailing efforts to improve...
(JTA) — The Democratic National Committee’s decision to let Mike Bloomberg appear in the next presidential debate means that not one but two Jewish candidates will be sparring. Bloomberg will join Bernie Sanders and the rest of...
Kenneth Hoffman, executive director of the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, held an unusual news conference on Wednesday on the neutral ground of a busy New Orleans street. The event was intended to announce the opening...
