BALTIMORE (JTA) – Art Modell, former owner of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens and the Cleveland Browns, has died. The 87-year-old Modell, a pioneer of the National Football League’s partnership with television networks, died Thursday of natural causes at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (JTA) — Democrats are returning language affirming Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to their party platform at President Obama’s behest, a Jewish campaign surrogate told JTA. Two sources confirmed to JTA that the party’s platform committee...
CHATTANOOGA, TN. (JTA) — Sometimes, Benjamin Rosenthal thinks about leaving the small town of Indianola, Miss., pop. 11,000, where he spent most of his life. “It’s very easy to lose your identity in the Bible Belt in a...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Egypt withdrew some 20 tanks from Sinai in response to Israel’s security concerns, according to an unnamed Egyptian official. The official spoke Monday to The Associated Press about the withdrawal, which comes a month after Egyptian troops, including...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (JTA) — Jewish swing voters could make or break President Obama’s bid for reelection. At least that’s the case that Democratic Party leaders made in a training session that packed one of the larger halls...
Chabad Lubavitch of Louisiana is promoting lulav and etrog sales in advance of the Succot holiday. Rabbi Mendy Schecter is in charge of ordering and he explained that the costs for a set of lulav and etrog this year will...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles will deliver the invocation at a session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Wolpe said his prayer on Wednesday evening will focus on the ideals...
How did you fare during the storm? Were you especially taken with something that happened during the passage of Hurricane Issac that you feel needs to be said? Did the Jewish agencies do what was expected? Were there any special...
The Tulane Hillel’s Goldie and Morris Mintz Center for Jewish Life has had power restored, but is still shut down for the Labor Day holiday. It is expected to re-open on Tuesday morning, but no word has been received as...
Power has been restored to the Uptown Chabad House, 1216 Broadway. Morning minyans will continue there as usual at 7:00 a.m. Evening minyans will continue to be held at the Chabad Center in Metairie at 7:00 p.m. daily.
