Diaries written during the Holocaust by adolescents like Anne Frank were a major focus of the tenth annual Yom Hashoah Community Wide Event on Sunday evening, April 12, at the Uptown Jewish Community Center. Discovered after the...
Colors abounded at the Temple Sinai Gala on Saturday night as members and friends of the largest synagogue in Louisiana, celebrated its 145th anniversary, rallying in support of its past and looking favorably towards its future.
Most locals are familiar with the glittery king cake, which in recent years has become more that a simple cross between a coffee cake and a cinnamon roll sprinkled with colored sugar. Today’s varieties with fruit and...
Back a century ago, there was no Lady Gaga, Madonna or Beyoncé. But in the waning days of vaudeville, there was a no-nonsense woman who captivated audiences and spoke and sang so provocatively...
Lee Kansas, past New Orleans chapter president and current president of the Southern Region of Hadassah will be honored this Sunday, March 22, with the Woman of Valor Award. This tribute is only presented to volunteers who display exceptional leadership,...
With no comments from the floor and only one “nay” vote, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, at a special meeting on Monday, March 16, amended its charter’s by-laws to open up...
A special general membership meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans is slated for 7 p.m. tonight to ratify proposed changes in the organization’s articles of incorporation and its by-laws.
Music notes wafting through the aether this weekend will carry with them special ties and significance to the Jewish community. Saturday night two competing concerts will be held. The first is Loyola University’s presentation of Felix Mendelssohn’s...
