In the Orthodox world, the Selichot service the weekend before Rosh Hashanah occurs with the reciting of Psalms occurs and visits to loved ones final resting places ocurs. In the Reform world, there is a similar tradition of...
Marking one year since the Hamas terror attack on Israeli citizens prompted a Mid-East crisis, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, in partnership with over 20 local Jewish organizations, will host “Commemorating October 7th: An Evening of Remembrance,...
Members of NECHAMA, the Jewish community’s only national disaster relief organization, are now assessing the damage in Louisiana left behind by Hurricane Francine.
It is their intent to help with the clean-up and recovery process from...
Hurricane Francis increased in strength quickly on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning intensifying into a strong Category 1 storm with a noted jag much more eastward than had been forecast on Monday...
The Greater New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) Section held its Closing Event and board installation on June 30 at the Metairie Country Club. New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick gave the keynote address, after...
(JTA) — Three Jewish families are among a group of nine Louisiana families with children in public schools who have filed a suit in federal court challenging a new state law that requires the Ten Commandments be...
Recently, Governor Jeff Landry signed into law H.B. 71 by State Rep. Dodie Horton, which requires that a large poster of the Ten Commandments be posted in each and every classroom of the state.
The Crescent City Jewish News received two Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism at the annual national conference of the American Jewish Press Association (AJPA) at the association’s 43rd annual AJPA gala dinner that took place last night,...
