The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) held its annual Hannah G. Solomon Award luncheon Monday, Feb. 3, honoring retiring Tulane president Scott Cowen and his wife Marjorie for their commitment to the...
Organizers of Limmudfest New Orleans are putting the finishing touches on an expanded series of Jewish adult education events that will for the first time incorporate Shabbat worship as a part of its core. This will be the third time...
Producer David Fishelson is not a household name to most theater lovers, but he holds the record for producing the longest-running one-woman show ever to run on the Great White Way, “Golda’s Balcony.”...
Marilyn Sneiderman, the executive director of AVODAH, the Jewish Service Corps, left her well-appointed offices in Washington, D.C. to make her way to the more modest AVODAH House and office in New Orleans...
Ariel “Arik” Sharon, the former prime minister and Israeli soldier who was blamed for massacres in the Israeli-Lebanon crisis, was considered the single figure responsible for the second Infitada in 2000 and, ultimately, led Israel out of Gaza in 2005,...
After years of planning, a move to another temporary location and the gutting and reconstruction of the Chabad House on Freret Street, the Chabad Lubavitch of Louisiana organization formally dedicated and named its new home on Tuesday night, January 7.
Ever dreamed of writing a screenplay that becomes a blockbuster film? If so (and if you have a story you think could be a Hollywood box office hit), the Jewish Community Center...
Andy Fickman’s star as a director and producer has been rising steadily in Hollywood over the course of the last decade, but to hear him tell it, none of his screen success would have been possible without the experience he...
With colorful Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold and the music of a traditional New Orleans street parade marching band, 700 members of United Synagogue Youth (USY) joined in unison to jump, shout and celebrate the opening ceremonies...
