TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decried an agreement over Iran’s nuclear program hundreds of times — most notably in a March speech to a joint session of Congress. Now that the agreement is signed,...
The annual Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation’s “Nearly New” sale concludes Monday night, July 20, in the congregation’s social hall at 3700 West Esplanade Avenue in Metairie. The first ever Sunset Savings Sale runs from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Monday...
The Torah Academy board of directors has announced two new hires for its upcoming school year – an academic director and an early childhood director – as it parts company with Rabbi Michoel Kerendian, its executive director...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — On this holiday weekend, due to a confluence of special days — Independence Day, the 17th of Tammuz and Shabbat — American Jews will have the opportunity to both celebrate our religious freedom...
Just a little over one month ago and days before the start of the official hurricane season, a massive cell of thunderstorms hit the Houston area, dumping 11 inches of rainwater into the city, overtopping bayous and...
Katrina’s Jewish Voices, an oral and video history catalogued and maintained by the Jewish Women’s Archive (JWA), has recently been relaunched. In commemoration of the JWA’s ongoing mission of promoting the roles of women during the recovery...
The vibrant colors of philanthropy both past and present were revealed in the opulent setting of the Grand Ballroom of the Westin Hotel on Sunday, June 14, as part of the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana’s (JEF)...
Jewish Family Service (JFS) took the wraps off its Rhythm and Soul event last Sunday, May 31, at the Audubon Park Tea Room giving recognition to Marjorie Bissinger and her daughter Nancy Bissinger Timm, as well as...
It will be 100 years next month that in his final days as governor of the State of Georgia, John Slaton commuted Leo Frank’s sentence from death to life imprisonment for the...
