WASHINGTON (JTA) – The Obama administration announced the release of Alan Gross amidst sweeping changes in Cuba-U.S. ties, including a return to full diplomatic relations.
Gross, a Jewish American contractor, was released Wednesday morning flew to Washington with his wife,...
Israel Ambassador Ron Dermer made a distinct, positive and upbeat spokesperson for the State of Israel at an event sponsored by Israel Bonds at the Uptown Jewish Community Center last night.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) apparently considers having a last name starting with the letter “b” as a good thing. The organization’s founder and longtime director, A.I. “B” Botnick, is the first example of this. Since 1995, he...
Walter Issacson returned home again with a new book. This time his tome was not on just one individual as he had done previously for the likes of Benjamin Franklin, Henry Kissinger, Albert Einstein and Steven Jobs....
Children’s author Eric Kimmel got a chance to read his book “A Horn for Louis” to a crowd of approximately 70 Jewish New Orleans religious school children, parents and teachers on Sunday, November 23 at Temple Sinai.
The seventh annual New Orleans Fringe Festival held in three main areas of the city – Faubourg Marigny, Bywater and Central City – concluded on Sunday. Within its 82 different shows were several presentations of special interest...
OXON HILL, MD. (JTA) – There was the vice president of the United States, two Supreme Court justices and an Academy Award-winning actress with a compelling Jewish story. There were Jewish professionals, lay...
