By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out”)
Few Broadway composers had a bigger impact than Richard Rodgers, who began his career with Jewish lyricist Lorenz Hart, but whose greatest success was with librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. Hammerstein, whose grandfather...
By DEAN M. SHAPIRO, Special to the Crescent City Jewish News
When the members of Congregation Gates of Prayer returned to their synagogue last weekend, following a two-month summer hiatus, they were seeing a new face on the bimah for...
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“)
For the past seven weeks, Broadway history has been made through a spectacular bit of casting that only rarely occurs when the world of celluloid intersects with that of the Great White...
Rebecca Brown always knew that her grandmother, Lila Millen, was a Holocaust survivor, but it wasn’t until she interviewed her for her Memphis religious school’s film project, “Names, Not Numbers,” that she began...
There is a misconception, according to Tony and Oscar Award winning actor Joel Grey. Although he was the son of famous Klezmer clarinetist and Jewish stage personality Mickey Katz, a man who was...
The Crescent City Jewish News drew a rare honor Saturday night when it was selected as the first place recipient of the Breaking News category, defeating WWL-TV. Surprised CCJN editor Alan Smason accepted the award on behalf of the website,...
In less than a decade, bartender Neal Bodenheimer went from a scrappy spirits enthusiast to an industry sensation and a James Beard Award recipient earlier this spring. Bodenheimer, a local member of the Jewish community, is one...
The traditional Jewish mandate of caring for the sick and infirm has evolved since the time of New Orleans’ founding 300 years ago. Today we live in a vastly different period than those...
If it’s around time for Independence Day, it’s also around the time for the annual Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation’s big fundraiser and mitzvah project, the Nearly New Sale at the synagogue.
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