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3 popular humorists write a Haggadah for the ‘when do we eat?’ crowd

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — Of making many Passover Haggadahs there is no end.

If the Maxwell House version doesn’t cut it for you, there are Haggadahs for vegans, for children, for chocolate lovers and even for Christians. There’s the “Santa Cruz Haggadah” for hippies...

The 5 (or so) habits of successful seder leaders

By EDMON J. RODMAN

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — What kind of leadership style works best for a seder? During a period when we are experiencing a shake-up in national leadership, you may want to re-examine the relationship that exists between...

How to survive political arguments during the first seder of the Trump era

By BEN SALES

NEW YORK (JTA) — After Donald Trump won the presidential election, Sheila Katz wasn’t sure she wanted to come home for Thanksgiving.

As the politically liberal member of a conservative family, she had been comfortable sparring with her...

Panel discussion at WW2 Museum focuses on Nazi propaganda

By DEAN M. SHAPIRO, SPECIAL TO THE CCJN

Although our current U.S. president was never mentioned by name during Wednesday evening’s one hour and fifteen minute panel discussion on the use of Nazi propaganda leading up to and during the...

JCRS presents ‘Jewish Roots: Past, Present & Future’

By ALAN SMASON

The Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS), the nation’s oldest children’s charity, held its annual event on April 1, with “Jewish Roots: Past, Present and Future” at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

The “Jewish Roots” event was the sixth...

Neil Simon’s ‘Biloxi Blues’ – a nostalgic look back

By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Critic, WYES-TV (“Steppin’ Out”)

When it was announced last year that the National World War II Museum would be producing a full-scale production of Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues, there was little doubt that this first full-blown...

Is Trump owed an apology after the JCC bomb threat arrest? Is anybody?

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

NEW YORK (JTA) — Literally within seconds of the news of the arrest in Israel of an Israeli-American teenager for the bulk of the JCC bomb threats, Twitter lit up with Jewish anxiety.

“[I] fear the inevitable backlash from...

UPDATE: Israeli-American teen arrested in Israel for JCC bomb threats

JERUSALEM (JTA) — An unnamed Israeli teenager, who also has American citizenship, was arrested on suspicion of carrying out more than 100 bomb threats on Jewish institutions in the United States.

Israel’s anti-fraud squad arrested the 19-year-old suspect at his...

From Meyer Lansky to Myron Sugerman: the Jewish mob revealed

By ALAN SMASON

To hear Myron Sugerman tell it, the Jews were a tough bunch who made their bones in their own mob just the same as the Italians and the Irish before them. With an almost romantic nostalgia, Sugerman...

JEF Annual Event planned for Sunday, March 19

The Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana (JEF) marks half a century of service to the Greater New Orleans Jewish community with its Annual Event this Sunday, March 19. A reception kicks off in the Grand Ballroom (12th floor) of the...