WASHINGTON (JTA) — Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate who became a leading icon of Holocaust remembrance and a global symbol of conscience, died on Saturday at 87. His death was the result of natural...
It was just announced that Rabbi Stuart Shiff will become the first-ever North American director of the Friends of ALUT, the Israeli national autism association. While many in the New Orleans community won’t...
Great Britain and the rest of Europe woke up to a new reality Friday as a slim majority of British voters said their country should leave the European Union. Markets trembled, British currency crashed and British Prime Minister David...
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out”), Special to the CCJN
As expected, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton: An American Musical, swept the Tony Awards presentations on Sunday night with a total of 11 awards. While it did not tie or...
Stuart Zagnit is bathed in the brightest light on stage at the Saenger Theater with the Emerald City boldly beaming behind him. As the beloved Wizard of Oz , he is the essence...
Friends of Jewish Family Service (JFS) turned out on May 22 at the Audubon Tea Room to honor one of their own, Julanne Isaacson, their charismatic executive director who served from 1971 to 1994.
When Rabbi Ethan Linden and his wife Liba Kornfeld are welcomed to Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation on Sunday evening, the synagogue will be decorated to give attendees a feeling of being at a Jewish sleep away camp.
Standing before a roomful of congregants, dignitaries, family members and friends, Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn expressed his “gratitude and appreciation” as he prepares to step down as senior rabbi at Temple Sinai...
