Was there ever a more improbable meeting of two Jewish culinary celebrities than that which took place last week in New Orleans? Washington, D.C. area resident Michael Twitty, an African-American Jew and authority...
Reacting to a statement aired Tuesday over Israeli radio by Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar, the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) issued a firm condemnation in rebuttal today. In speaking over Kol Berama, a haredi radio station, Amar was quoted...
As sure as the heat and humidity rise during summer in New Orleans, the appearance of the month of June means that Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation’s Sisterhood will be collecting items for its “nearly new” fundraiser sale of goods. Volunteers...
The Northshore Jewish Congregation recently elected its slate of new officers each to one-year terms for 2012-2013 (5772-5773). These new officers are Ira Rosenzweig, president; Patti Oppenheim, vice-president; Jeff Rubin, treasurer and Cathy Hunter, secretary. In addition Lois Jampole was...
Four New Orleans Jewish Day School fifth grade students were recognized in recent graduation ceremonies on the evening of May 30. Each student was for cited for areas in which each excelled.
The Jerusalem Journalists Association announced plans for a massive protest this Sunday to decry the decision by the Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein to indict Haartez reporter Uri Blau for possession of classified documents. The Department of Justice announced Wednesday...
After two years of weekly study, 14 area students became graduates of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School and marked the event with graduation ceremonies on Tuesday, June 5 in Metairie. An ongoing project of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the...
Rabbi David Goldstein, Emeritus Rabbi at Touro Synagogue, was honored on the occasion of his 75th birthday with a string of well wishers and numerous platitudes at the synagogue’s social hall on Sunday evening, May 20.
Vidal Sassoon, the legendary Los Angeles hairstylist who revolutionized his industry in the 1960s, died at his Bel Air home on May 8 after a two-year battle with leukemia. Although Sassoon lived in the glitzy entertainment world for more than a half century, he never...
Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator of children’s books including the 1963 classic “Where the Wild Things Are,” died of complications from a stroke in Danbury, Connecticut on May 7. He was 83. Born in Brooklyn, Sendak’s parents were Jewish...
