By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Critic, WYES-TV (“Steppin’ Out“)
For its second full production of their season, Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane (SLT) chose “She Loves Me,” a show that could arguably be considered among the most stealthily Jewish shows in the modern Broadway lexicon. Based on “Parfumerie,” a 1937 play...
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By ALAN SMASON
Hurricane Barry made landfall as expected near Intracoastal City, LA early Saturday morning, July 13, the first hurricane to hit Louisiana since Issac in 2012 and the first July hurricane since Cindy in 2005. The slow-moving storm jogged towards the west, sparing the New Orleans metropolitan area...
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By ALAN SMASON
Local officials cautiously awaited the arrival of bands of rain and heavy sustained winds associated with Tropical Storm Barry that were expected to begin moving into the metropolitan area at the onset of Shabbat, tonight, July 12.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Jefferson Parish President Mike Yenni...
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Dry air and wind shear kept Tropical Storm Barry from becoming better organized throughout the day and night on Thursday. However, authorities tracking the storm say conditions will favor strengthening of the storm through the day Friday and that it does have the potential to make landfall near Morgan City...
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By ALAN SMASON
A freak rainstorm associated with a low pressure system that weather authorities expected to strengthen further in the Gulf of Mexico and become Tropical Storm or Hurricane Barry shut down Temple Sinai and both Jewish Community Center campuses earlier today, Wednesday, July 10. A tornado warning was...
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By SAMUEL HEILMAN
JERUSALEM (JTA) –Twenty-five years ago, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the 92-year-old Lubavitcher Rebbe, succumbed to his many ailments and died, to the horror of his Hasidim.
Since suffering the first of several devastating strokes on March 2, 1992, while visiting the grave of his late father-in-law and predecessor...
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By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN
Eva Kor, a Holocaust survivor and forgiveness advocate, who was a featured speaker in 2012 at the National World War II Museum and was also the subject of a featured 2018 documentary film broadcast over PBS (“EvaA-7063”), passed away on July 4, 2019,...
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By ALAN SMASON, Exclusive to the CCJN
Given the political climate of the day and the highly-charged topic of immigration, playwright Joyce Pulitzer strongly believes there is no time like the present to revive her 2013 world premiere play, “Freedom.”
“I don’t think there’s a more important time to bring...
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By ALAN SMASON
New Orleans has long treasured its rich musical heritage. From its status as the birthplace of jazz to its secure place in the annals of funk and rhythm and blues, music has been the common thread that binds its citizens. On Thursday night, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)...
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By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN
Two years ago the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal (MAC) organized an exhibit on Canada’s favorite son writer, composer, singer and cultural icon, Leonard Cohen. Titled “A Crack in Everything,” the immersive and interactive exhibit included a collection of commissioned works from artists...
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