Signing on for another year or, in some cases, another two years, a new slate of officers, board members and nominating committee members was officially installed by the Greater New Orleans Section...
When news reached me of the death of Jackie Pressner Gothard, the very first thing that went through my mind was that it must have been a trick or some sort of fantastic jest to test me. There...
The New Orleans chapter of Avodah celebrated its tenth anniversary on Thursday, May 17, honoring Fran Lake, Josh Lichtman, and Dana Keren for their commitment to social justice and community activism. The event,...
Author Edith Sheffer has researched the period in Vienna prior to and during the Nazi annexation of Austria. In her book, “Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna,” she has concluded...
Amidst a sea of friendly faces, representatives of the Trump administration formally dedicated the site of the new United States Embassy in Jerusalem on the anniversary of the date Israel declared its independence in 1948.
When Congregation Gates of Prayer, Metairie’s sole Reform temple, gets ready to celebrate the retirement of its senior rabbi, they do so in a very big way. As Rabbi Robert Loewy prepared to retire and move on to the revered...
Before she became a Hollywood celebrity and cable TV star, Rhonda Shear was a young Jewish lady working towards a degree in Mass Communication at Loyola University. Now a lingerie manufacturer with a...
The air was festive and the crowd was exuberant at Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation’s social hall on the evening of April 28 as Elliott Raisen celebrated his 90th birthday vaudeville-style.
Funk, the quintessential New Orleans export from the 1970s and 1980s, found a home at the 27th annual Jazz Fest Shabbat at Touro Synagogue last Friday evening, April 27. Featured headline performer George Porter, Jr., bass player...
By ELIANA RUDEE (JNS.org) – The biggest biking event in the history of the Jewish state is about to arrive, placing Israel in the center of the sporting map. The Giro d’Italia is second only to the Tour de France...
