It was a fortuitous meeting of the minds some time ago when native New Orleanians Mark Plotkin, an ethnobotanist, and Dickie Brennan, a renowned restauranteur, elected to share a good bottle of wine and discuss New Orleans...
By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Reviewer (WYES TV’s “Steppin’ Out)
Moisés Kaufman has established himself as one of the most astute playwrights alive today. A Brazilian, who also identifies as a Jew and a gay man, Kaufman first enjoyed success with...
Morton Katz took over the reins of leadership at the 100th annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, thanking outgoing president Alan Franco for his past two years of service to the Jewish community.
As she prepares for her final semester at Yeshiva University (YU), New Orleanian Ruth Brown can look back on her exclusive participation in the university’s Counterpoint Israel program as one that will have life changing consequences for...
(JTA) — It didn’t take long after Rabbi Uri Topolosky moved to New Orleans in 2007 for the moderate Orthodox rabbi to win plaudits for helping the city’s Jewish community heal following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Alan Veingrad makes a living these days as a motivational speaker. But back in college and for six years in the National Football League (NFL), he was a tackle and guard who made his presence known with...
When sitting in the office of the new community director for the South Central Region of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Talora Gross, it’s hard not to notice how bright, airy, and open to...
(Editor’s Note: This article on new Jewish Family Service director Michael Steiner is the first of three planned articles on the three new executive directors in our community.)
With his thin statuesque frame and redoubtable smile, Michael...
