{"id":34569,"date":"2017-02-01T11:44:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T17:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=34569"},"modified":"2017-02-02T14:11:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T20:11:47","slug":"shepards-receive-lchayim-award-at-touro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/shepards-receive-lchayim-award-at-touro\/","title":{"rendered":"Shepards receive L&#8217;Chayim Award at Touro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JOSH AXELROD, CCJN Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>Touro Synagogue honored husband and wife power duo Hal and Kathy Shepard with the presentation of the congregation\u2019s annual L\u2019Chayim Award on Sunday evening, January 29. The gala event held in the social hall was catered by Shaya, the Israeli restaurant named both by the James Beard Foundation and Esquire magazine as \u201cthe best new restaurant in America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34573\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LChaim17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34573\" class=\"wp-image-34573 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LChaim17-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"LChaim17\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LChaim17-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LChaim17-1024x697.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/204;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34573\" class=\"wp-image-34573 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LChaim17-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"LChaim17\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LChaim17-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/LChaim17-1024x697.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-34573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy and Hal Shepard, right, accept the L&#8217;Chayim Award from their children David and Rachel. (Photo by Josh Axelrod)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A lively crowd of approximately 170 community members were on hand, eager to honor the Shepards, both considered important synagogue leaders there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKathy and Hal are synonymous with Touro Synagogue and perhaps the Greater New Orleans Jewish community as well,\u201d said Touro president Susan Good. \u201cTo my knowledge, they do not know the word &#8216;no&#8217; and for all of us that has been our good fortune.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Shepards&#8217; long list of positions and accolades include Hal&#8217;s service as president of both Touro Synagogue and Brotherhood. He serves as the president of the Touro Foundation and is considered the temple\u2019s expert on facilities, advising them on all roofing, construction and HVAC needs.<\/p>\n<p>Currently a teacher at the JCC Nursery School, Kathy is a former president and current member of the JCC&#8217;s Board of Trustees, and a current co-chair of the 2017 Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans&#8217; annual campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Alexis Berk began the evening with an introduction praising the couple for all their behind-the-scenes work at the synagogue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKathy and Hal Shepherd, from the moment they arrived here, until this nigh&#8230;do the work that makes it so that each of us can enjoy the beautiful labor that a place like this requires, without barely even thinking about it,\u201d said Berk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34574\" style=\"width: 302px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2837.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34574\" class=\"wp-image-34574 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2837-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2837\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2837-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2837-996x1024.jpg 996w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 292px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 292\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34574\" class=\"wp-image-34574 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2837-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2837\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2837-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2837-996x1024.jpg 996w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-34574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Shepard family (Photo by Josh Axelrod)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Touro Synagogue board secretary Gary Silbert gave a more personal reflection. \u201cI\u2019m delighted to be here tonight to honor mine and Nancy\u2019s oldest friends, Hal and Kathy,\u201d Silbert said.<\/p>\n<p>He recounted their deep bond, adding personal anecdotes including mentioning how he and Hal first met, playing racquetball at the JCC. Kathy worked there as the receptionist.<\/p>\n<p>Silbert commended Hal on his reliability as the temple\u2019s structural guru.\u201cThis makes Hal a rare commodity,\u201d Silbert quipped. \u201cHe\u2019s a handy Jew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silbert went on to honor Kathy for her service on every New Orleans Jewish organization imaginable and her supposed recipe for the best bundt cake in the world. \u201cKathy is a whirlwind of passion,\u201d Silbert said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is truly a privilege to celebrate Hal and Kathy, both of whom are so deserving of tonight\u2019s L\u2019Chayim Award,\u201d Silbert said, \u201cNot only are Hal and Kathy devoted to each other and their family, their love and devotion to the metro-New Orleans area Jewish community is very evident as well. Their values and integrity are exemplary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hal and Kathys\u2019 children, Rachel and David Shepard presented their parents with the award, which is an engraved and special designed glass Kiddush cup. Accepting the award Hal spoke fist, acknowledging the temple for the honor and humbly explaining their attitude towards community service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese were not chores we felt obliged to do, but opportunities to make a difference with people we truly cared about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>His wife spoke next, conveying the integral role Touro played throughout her Jewish upbringing and that of her children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTouro Synagogue has been a part of our families for our entire lives,\u201d Kathy Shepard said. \u201cFrom our own Sunday school experiences, to those of our children &#8212; we were married in this beautiful sanctuary, our children were b&#8217;nai mitzvahed here,\u201d she ellaborated.<\/p>\n<p>She ended the evening, expressing the stages of emotions associated with receiving such a distinguished award. \u201c[I feel] amazement, appreciation, fear, excitement, gratitude, and now a determination to continue to work to earn this honor we have been given,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p><!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view \n\t ngg-ajax-pagination-none\t\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-17da296d8e80c50267780ba65cce7fd8-1\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/lchayim-award-2017\/LChaim17.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/lchayim-award-2017\/LChaim17.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/lchayim-award-2017\/thumbs\/thumbs_LChaim17.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1822\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"LChaim17\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"lchaim17\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"shutterset_17da296d8e80c50267780ba65cce7fd8\">\n\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"LChaim17\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"LChaim17\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/lchayim-award-2017\/thumbs\/thumbs_LChaim17.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"100\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 100px; 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