Community Day School head of school Bob Berk surprised his faculty, board of directors, students and parents with a letter announcing his intent to step down from his position when his current contract ends in June. Berk,...
Rabbi Uri Topolosky, the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Israel and a charismatic figure, whose hire in 2007 has been credited with reinvigorating the modern Orthodox community in the Greater New Orleans area, has announced the forthcoming departure from his...
By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Reviewer, WYES-TV’s “Steppin’ Out”
The history of the Broadway musical and the influence of Jews in its development is examined extensively in a PBS “Great Performances” special that bowed New Year’s Day on WYES-TV. “Broadway Musicals:...
Temple Sinai welcomes guest Rabbi Marc Aaron Kline to conduct Shabbat services Friday evening at 6:15 p.m. Kline, who hails from Lexington, KY., will be delivering a sermon titled “The Other, Even Amongst Ourselves.”
Five Holocaust survivors who have made New Orleans their home for decades, a generation that is losing members exponentially due to old age and disease, were honored Thursday, December 20 in special ceremonies at the opening of...
FAIRFIELD, CT. (JTA) — It was a eulogy for a life that had only just begun. Veronique Pozner remembered her son Noah as a rambunctious, video-game loving “little man,” a boy with a perpetual smile and twinkly blue...
(Jewish Ideas Daily) — The year was 1987 when the Intifada started. Just after I had joined a Jerusalem judo club, our instructor told us he was going to make a change in our practice sessions:...
Jewish rock performer Rick Recht, took little time in making his charismatic presence known Monday night at the Jewish Community Center’s seventh annual Chanukah community event. He had hardly taken center stage when he insisted on the 3rd through 5th...
(Editor’s note: New Orleans Magazine has elevated Israeli-born chef Alon Shaya to its highest title of “Chef of the Year” in its most recent publication. The Crescent City Jewish News is proud to reprint this article through the courtesy of...
It’s been three years in the making, but, finally, Rabbi Morey Schwartz made it to New Orleans. The jovial rabbi and author’s job as director of curriculum and faculty development coordinator for the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School...
