Rabbi Matthew Reimer, the senior rabbi at Temple Sinai, announced his intention on Wednesday, October 24, not to renew his initial three-year contract with the synagogue. That contract will expire at the end of June, 2019.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has called for a “reverse Birthright” that would take Israelis to see the American Jewish community firsthand.
Rivlin made his remarks Monday at the opening of the General Assembly, the annual conference...
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“)
If anyone questioned if Shelbie Mac is the greatest young talent to come down the pike since the late Cynthia Owen, all doubts have been erased with her starring role in Peter...
Community activist, volunteer and philanthropist Susan Hess accepted the 2018 Hannah G. Solomon Award from the Greater New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) on Monday, October 15 at the...
Rabbi Gabriel Greenberg, the popular Modern Orthodox rabbi, who ascended the bimah at Congregation Beth Israel in Metairie four years ago announced his reluctant decision to leave New Orleans this week.
In this era where journalists are regularly accused of generating so-called “fake news,” Martin Fletcher, the venerated NBC correspondent and Bureau Chief in Tel Aviv, is ready to be known as a writer of...
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“)
In Jewish haredi circles, a common expression is “We want Moshiach now!” With so many eyes glued to TV sets during the recent Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings with testimony from both Christine...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump said ahead of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he favors the two-state solution and that he hopes to reveal his peace plan within four months.
For more than a quarter-century – 27 years to be exact – Saundra Katz Levy has been the executive director of the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana (JEF), the affiliate agency of the...
