TEL AVIV (JTA) — It began almost out of nowhere. No one organized it. Israelis weren’t even sure whether to call it an “intifada.” Now, six months later, the wave of stabbings and shootings that has gripped...
“Wedding Doll,” the winner of the 2015 Jerusalem Film Festival’s award for Best First Film, makes its first appearance in New Orleans tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Uptown Jewish Community Center as part of the continuing Bart Family Film...
The Roundabout Theatre Company swept into the Saenger Theatre Tuesday night with a splendidly vivid production of the brilliant Broadway musical classic “Cabaret.”
We all know the story: In 1930 American novelist Clifford...
The Jazz Fest Shabbat Committee didn’t know what a coup they pulled off when they announced early in the year that the headliner for this year’s Jazz Fest Shabbat event at Touro Synagogue would be British-born and...
Ask any of the more than 300 people who attended the New Orleans BBYO Reunion in late February what they thought of the festivities, and you will no doubt get very similar responses.
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Purim parties are just around the corner — as is the presidential election. This got me thinking: What does the holiday’s operative phrase, “ad lo yada,” “until one no longer knows,” really mean?
(JTA) — Jewish schools and other institutions in Antwerp and Brussels went into lockdown following attacks in Belgium that killed at least 34 people at the main airport and in the metro in Brussels.
Limmud Festival New Orleans organizers planned very well and the results showed that more than 400 participants had enjoyed three days of prayer, meditation and study under its so-called “big tent” of Jewish learning.
(WHITE HOUSE) — In a Rose Garden ceremony today at the White House, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States. Merrick Garland, the chief judge of the U.S. Court...
The Uptown Jewish Community Center was the site for the annual community-wide Adloyadah Purim Festival yesterday was held outside from 11:30 to 3:30 p.m.
In addition to colorful inflatable rides and slides designed for the younger set, ample popular music...
