Brad Philipson, Ph.D, will be installed as head of school of the Jewish Community Day School in ceremonies that begin at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, October 11, at Shir Chadash Conservative Synagogue, 3700 West Esplanade Avenue in Metairie.
Following the ceremony a breakfast to which the entire community is invited...
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Time was when practically every synagogue in the New Orleans area had a Judaica gift shop. And then there was one.
That one is located at Congregation Gates of Prayer, 4000 West Esplanade Avenue, where on Sunday, Oct. 13, the congregation’s Sisterhood will hold a clearance sale to make room...
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David Kaplinsky, the son of Barbara and Howard Kaplinsky, returned to New Orleans this morning to prepare for his volunteer service to Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation for the Rosh Hashanah services.
Kaplinsky, a private bar and bat mitzvah instructor in Chicago accepted an offer to read the Torah during the...
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The annual Keepers of the Gate Chai Tea sponsored by the Greater New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah was held at the home of Susan Green on the afternoon of Sun., Sept. 22.
At the gathering, Lee Kansas, past president of the Southern Region and a former New Orleans Chapter president,...
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A Shabbaton weekend at Metairie’s Congregation Beth Israel onFriday and Saturday, September 14 -15, was marked with solemnity and celebration as Rabbi Josh Pernick was formally installed as the spiritual leader of the oldest Orthodox synagogue in the area.
At 30, Pernick, a recent graduate of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT)...
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The Ben Katz Post # 580 of the Jewish War Veterans honored their chief of staff, Carol Berman, on her promotion as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U. S. Army Reserves in ceremonies on Sunday, September 15, at Congregation Beth Israel, 4004 West Esplanade Avenue in Metairie.
While everyone knows...
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The annual Keepers of the Gate Chai Tea held by the Greater New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah will be held on Sunday, Sept. 22, from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. at the private home of Susan Green, 9 Hunter Place, in Metairie. ...
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The Ben Katz Post No. 580 of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, under the leadership of Post Commander Sol Gothard invites members, patrons, veterans and friends to celebrate the promotion of Carol Berman to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve.
...Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS) will be holding its annual Chanukah Gift Wrap-a-thon on Sunday, September 22 from 9:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
The event, made possible by support from the Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust, will be held at the Goldring Woldenberg Campus, 3747 W. Esplanade Avenue N in Metairie.
...The Greater New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) has selected Madeleine M. Landrieu, the Dean of the Loyola University of New Orleans School of Law, as the recipient of its coveted 2019 Hannah G. Solomon Award.
The award, considered the highest honor that can be...
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