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Naghi lights up Chabad at Riverwalk event

Chabad Lubavitch of Louisiana held its annual Chanukah at the Riverwalk event on December 6 with music and a laser video show to the delight of the approximate 200 people assembled there.

Benny Naghi, the owner of Mardi Gras Zone...

ADL presents Torch of Liberty Awards to Taylor, Mueller

Phyllis Taylor and Gordon “Nick” Mueller, whose institutions are located just a few feet from each other, found themselves near one another again on Tuesday night, December 1, as they were recognized by the local chapter of the Anti-Defamation League...

All area Reform temples participate in annual Scout hike

For the very first time representatives of all three area Reform Jewish temples – Temple Sinai, Touro Synagogue and Congregation Gates of Prayer – took part in the annual Ten Commandments Hike sponsored by the Southeast Louisiana Council of the...

50th anniversary of Vatican II pact with Jews commemorated

By DEAN M. SHAPIRO

Representatives of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and the New Orleans Jewish rabbinate gathered before an audience on the campus of Loyola University on November 23 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vatican II declaration...

Jewish Tulane medical student Peter Gold shot during rescue attempt

(JTA) — A Jewish Tulane Medical School student was shot in the stomach while trying to stop the attempted abduction of a woman on a New Orleans street.

Peter Gold, 25, a fourth-year medical student from Longwood, FL., was hospitalized in...

In Israel, slain American teen remembered for his energy and glowing smile

By BEN SALES

TEL AVIV (JTA) — His best friend remembered him starting up a children’s game on their senior school trip. His teacher retold the time he made Hebrew jokes on a whiteboard during class. His rabbi recalled him...

Jonathan Pollard freed after 30 years

(JTA) — Jonathan Pollard, the former Navy intelligence analyst convicted of spying for Israel, was freed from a federal prison in North Carolina.

Pollard was released on parole early Friday after serving 30 years of a life sentence for passing classified...

US yeshiva student among 5 dead in Palestinian terror attacks

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Three people were killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank, including an American yeshiva student, hours after two Jewish men were stabbed to death in Tel Aviv at a prayer service.

The five deaths in the...

2 Jews killed in Tel Aviv stabbing attack while praying

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Jewish men were stabbed to death and one was injured while praying at an office building in Tel Aviv.

A Palestinian assailant who was wounded while being apprehended following the Wednesday afternoon attack is in police...

Local Syrian decries Jindal’s order regarding refugees

By ALAN SMASON

A local Syrian businessman has expressed outrage and dismay at an executive order issued two days ago by Governor Bobby Jindal.

In that order issued a day before he suspended his national campaign for U.S. president, Jindal...