Almost three decades ago, Michael Tilson Thomas, the famous conductor, pianist and composer, approached United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) ambassador and film icon Audrey Hepburn about a special project intended to...
In praising his successor, Congregation Gates of Prayer’s Emeritus Rabbi Robert Loewy cited nothing short of divine intervention being responsible for the arrival of Rabbi David Gerber, whom he...
The Jewish Community Day School (JCDS) marked its 23rd anniversary on Sunday, November 18, honoring outgoing head of school Sharon Pollin for her accomplishments in six years leading the educational institution. The gala,...
Two major events in the New Orleans Jewish world happen this weekend: the installation of Rabbi David Gerber at Congregation Gates of Prayer and the celebration of Sharon Pollin as the head of school at the Jewish Community Day School...
An evening with Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss drew a record crowd for a Jewish indoor event on Tuesday, November 6, at the Uptown Jewish Community Center.
Sponsored by Chabad-Lubavitch of Louisiana, the event...
(JTA) — Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections held Tuesday, with Jewish Congress members poised to take key leadership roles. Republicans looked to increase their majority in the Senate.
With the tragedy at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue hate crime still fresh in people’s minds, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans and the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana (JEF) went...
Hundreds of members of the Jewish community and friends from the outside community at large assembled at Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation on Sunday evening, October 28, to hear rabbis and elected officials speak...
In the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history, a gunman killed 11 people and injured six others, two critically, at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning. Of the six injured, four were police officers and...
Some of the greatest composers throughout history wrote some of their greatest musical works while in their teens, 20s and 30s. Mozart, Schubert and Mendelssohn are the names that most readily come...
