Like so many talented performers, Gary Negbaur has been drawn to New Orleans on many occasions. A composer, pianist and vocalist who can croon, get funky or lay down a jazz groove, Negbaur returned to the Crescent...
The Jewish Regional Children’s Service (JCRS), the oldest Jewish charity in the region, is in the running to receive a minimum of $5,000 from Gulf South Bank as part of their Community Rewards program. JCRS is the only Jewish charity...
ROME (JTA) — Pope Benedict XVI’s eight-year reign as head of the world’s 1 billion Catholics sometimes was a bumpy one for the Vatican’s relations with Israel and the wider Jewish community. But it was also...
The celebrations from last week’s Super Bowl XLVII had barely been stilled when the bifurcated Carnival season sprang up anew. Although there is a great deal of Catholic theology attached to the celebration of Fat Tuesday, Jews have always enjoyed...
NEW YORK (JTA) — One of the proudest moments of Ed Koch’s life came during a trip to Israel in 1990, in the midst of the first Palestinian intifada. Koch had recently left City...
Herbert Barton remembers the day full well when he ventured into Temple Sinai for the first time. He had come to marry his first wife Vera (née Levy) and the wedding was being celebrated in the Reform...
TEL AVIV (JTA) – His party shrunk, his opponents grew and his challengers multiplied. But with the results in, it seems Benjamin Netanyahu survived the Knesset elections on Jan. 22 to serve another term as prime minister. ...
The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans threw itself a 100th birthday party Tuesday night and guests of honor included New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, noted author and speaker Rabbi Joseph Telushkin and most all of the living men and...
(Tazpit News Agency) Google has several applications available to users looking to be inspired by Adolf Hitler. Available on Google Play, the app store for Android products, one app that goes by the name, Infamous Adolf Hitler...
The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans kicks off its yearlong Centennial Jubilee Celebration tonight with a major event at the Isidore Newman School Henson Auditorium, located at 5333 Daneel Street. A wine and light refreshment will be served at...
