AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps honored its very first partners at the third annual Partners in Justice brunch. This year’s honor went to Dan and Jackie Silverman, the two individuals who, following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina,...
Whether by luck or design, the cleverest location for a new business sprang up this past April as Waffles on Maple, the city’s newest kosher food enterprise, opened its door to offer sweet and savory varieties of waffles with or...
The walls of Allison Padilla-Goodman’s office at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) are papered with maps in bold colors—maps of the states that define the South Central Region: Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Their bright...
When Scott Cowen presided over his final Tulane University commencement on Saturday, May 17, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, it signaled the end of an era and the beginning of a new one for...
“Fading Gigolo,” a controversial film written, starring and directed by John Tuturro was first shown at festivals in 2013, but never made it into wide release. It stars a familiar Jewish face: Woody Allen, who for the...
The Community-Wide Holocaust Memorial Program featured a changing of the guards this past Sunday, April 27, as the Holocaust Memorial Committee that sponsors the event welcomed a new chairman, Henry Rosenblat, and the Jewish Community Center ushered in a new...
DR. ELLIS RALPH LUPIN, M.D., a prominent New Orleans physician, philanthropist, attorney, civic leader and public servant, died Thursday morning, May 1, after a valiant battle with cancer. He was 83.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Nine months of negotiations were supposed to propel Israelis and Palestinians into a future of peace. Instead, the collapse of talks is threatening to make the future look much like the past.
