{"id":54118,"date":"2020-03-10T05:11:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T11:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=54118"},"modified":"2020-03-10T23:25:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T05:25:39","slug":"limmudfest-2020-canceled-over-coronavirus-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/limmudfest-2020-canceled-over-coronavirus-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Limmudfest 2020 canceled over coronavirus concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The board of LimmudFest New Orleans has reluctantly canceled their event&nbsp; for 2020 out of concerns that a large gathering might contribute to the spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) worldwide pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NOLimmud2020.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-54119 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NOLimmud2020-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NOLimmud2020-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NOLimmud2020.jpg 588w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/149;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-54119 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NOLimmud2020-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NOLimmud2020-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NOLimmud2020.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>Meeting on Sunday night, March 8, the board decided to postpone the weekend of Jewish learning that had been scheduled to take place in Metairie at Congregation Gates of Prayer and at the Uptown JCC from March 20-22. &#8220;Out of an abundance of caution for the health and well-being of our New Orleans community, we have made the difficult decision to postpone this year\u2019s LimmudFest. We are working to identify a date in March 2021 to reschedule,&#8221; read the news release by Limmud chair Dana Keren.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Keren added that the decision was not easy, given the time and planning for more than a year to put on the event. &#8220;We are deeply disappointed to not have the opportunity to come together as a community at this time,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Anyone who pre-registered for this year&#8217;s event will be automatically registered for Limmudfest 2021 and need not do anything else.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"mailto:info@limmudnola.org\"><span class=\"s1\">Those who would prefer a refund, can request one by emailing info@limmudnola.org<\/span><\/a>. The Eventbrite ticket fees are non-refundable and may take up to three weeks for processing, Keren added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Limmudfest%202020%20canceled%20over%20coronavirus%20concerns\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":54119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,4856],"tags":[8790,8795,4857,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54120,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54118\/revisions\/54120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}