{"id":91748,"date":"2026-02-27T16:58:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=91748"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:59:19","slug":"debbie-leon-pesses-to-be-celebrated-at-jfs-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/debbie-leon-pesses-to-be-celebrated-at-jfs-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Debbie &#038; Leon Pesses to be celebrated at JFS fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Debbie and Leon Pesses, a couple who has given tirelessly and continuously as part of their involvement in the Jewish community are being honored by Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans (JFS) at their annual fundraising event.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_91749\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91749\" class=\"wp-image-91749 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-1024x846.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-768x634.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-1536x1269.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-2048x1692.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/248;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91749\" class=\"wp-image-91749 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-1024x846.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-768x634.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-1536x1269.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/debbie-and-leon-2048x1692.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-91749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debbie and Leon Pesses. (Photo by JFS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Titled &#8220;Rollin&#8217; on the River,&#8221; the event is being held at The Misi, 600 Decatur Street, a part of the Jax Brewery building, on Thursday, March 12 from 6:30 &#8211; 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration will honor the Pesseses for their many years of service, generosity and leadership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for &#8220;Rollin&#8217; on the River&#8221; are on sale now and include a buffet-style dairy meal as well as a cocktail hour and live music.<\/p>\n<p>The decorations and theme are intended to suggest &#8220;Showboat,&#8221; the popular Edna Ferber novel that was turned into a groundbreaking musical in 1927 and later made into two successful films with the same title.<\/p>\n<p>Funds raised during the event will support JFS\u2019s essential programs, including Care Management, Affordable Counseling, and their Financial Resource Center. These programs provide a steady lifeline to individuals and families navigating life\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDebbie and Leon truly embody the values at the core of Jewish Family Service,\u201d said Roselle M. Ungar, CEO of Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans. \u201cTheir lifelong dedication to Jewish community, service, and caring for others makes them the perfect honorees for an evening that celebrates the power of coming together and lifting one another up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/jfsneworleans.org\/11385-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online sales<\/a>, tickets can be secured by dialing the JFS office at 504-831-8475.<\/p>\n<p>Parking is also available adjacent to the Brewery in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumparking.com\/p401\">Premium Parking Lot<\/a> P401.&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=\"Debbie%20%26%20Leon%20Pesses%20to%20be%20celebrated%20at%20JFS%20fundraiser\";<\/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":91749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[8799,8790,4986,15079,15080],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91748"}],"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=91748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91750,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91748\/revisions\/91750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}