The Murray Blackman Memorial Weekend held annually at Temple Sinai in honor of its previous rabbi emeritus of blessed memory gets underway tonight with scholar-in-residence Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman.
Zimmerman is a past president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis,...
It is a curious tale, a tale of religious fervor and a tale smacking of incredulity. A familiar-looking Chasidic figure clad in traditional black hat garb and wearing a long beard grabs a microphone in front of...
(JNS.org) – The growing demand for natural, organic, vegetarian, fiber, and gluten-free alternatives among kosher consumers was apparent at Kosherfest 2013, the annual trade show of the kosher food industry, from Oct. 29-30 at the Meadowlands Exposition...
With wit, sagacity and the insight born by years of historical research, Jonathan Sarna, the renowned Brandeis University professor and author, suggested that the naysayers are right: the American Jewish people are doomed.
When Beth Hook was selected this past year to attend an Anti-Defamation League course on Holocaust Education, she thought it would largely be a teacher-centered workshop. Prodded by a fellow teacher, Hook, a practicing Catholic, is an...
Growing up two blocks away from Tulane University, it seemed inevitable Darryl Berger would attend the sprawling Uptown campus. Yet, after attending Newman School, he was accepted to Vanderbilt University and instead traveled...
Rita Rudner, a petite and comely comedienne has made her mark in stand-up comedy for most of the past three decades as a sharp-dressing woman with oodles of class and thousands of funny...
Following an informative and, at times entertaining, speech by Israeli Consul General Ido Aharoni, Louisiana State Treasurer John Neely Kennedy was honored last week for arranging the state’s investment of millions of dollars in Israel Bonds...
Amid hundreds of supporters and well wishers, the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana held its major annual event on Sunday evening, October 6, at the Grand Salon of the Hilton Hotel Riverside. The spotlight was on on...
NEW YORK (JTA) — There are a lot more Jews in America than you may have thought — an estimated 6.8 million, according to a new study. But a growing proportion of them are unlikely to raise...
