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Final LMI concert today is at Dixon Annex Recital Hall

The Louis Moreau Institute for New Music Performance (LMI) has moved its final concert for today from Annunciation Church to the Dixon Hall Annex in the Recital Hall room on the Tulane University campus.

The concert, which is this year’s...

Jewish Federation to hold Tues. rally for solidarity with Ukraine; webinar on Wed.

Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans CEO Arnie Fielkow has announced a rally in New Orleans on Tuesday, March 8 at 12 noon expressly to show the Federation’s solidarity with the people of war-ravaged Ukraine.

Honorary Consul of Ukraine, Edward...

National WW2 Museum hosts live and virtual event tonight; register here

In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, The National WWII Museum will host a special live and virtual event with Holocaust survivor and author Dori Katz in the U.S Freedom Pavilion – The Boeing Center.

Community leader, attorney Leon Rittenberg, Jr. held Wednesday

LEON HIRSCH RITTENBERG, JR., a major community leader and leading attorney-at-law,  died peacefully with his family by his side on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022.

He was larger than life, classic New Orleans, and dedicated to his family, friends, community and...

Hillel director Ron Gubitz named a Wexner Field Fellow

Ron Gubitz, executive director of Tulane Hillel, has been named a Wexner Field Fellow and will be a part of the six such class of Jewish professionals selected to its program. The Wexner Field Fellowship is an...

Gates of Prayer holds ‘Turkey Parade’ to donate turkeys, raise tzedakah for community

By ALAN SMASON

In advance of this week’s Christian celebration of Christmas, Congregation Gates of Prayer elected on Sunday, December 19, to donate approximately 75 frozen turkeys to Second Harvest Food Bank as an expression of Jewish charity or tzedakah.

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Zoom webinar on Israel’s future rescheduled for Sunday

The third installment of the Louisiana Jewish Coalition’s webinar series “Looking Toward the Future” will take place via Zoom on Sunday, November 28 at at 10:00 a.m.

Originally scheduled for August 29, but postponed due to the landfall of Hurricane...

Maccabeats to usher in Chanukah on Sunday at JCC

The Maccabeats, an a capella group who has achieved fame via their highly produced and clever YouTube videos, will return to the New Orleans Uptown Jewish Community Center to perform a series of Chanukah-related songs on Sunday afternoon at 2:00...

Shir Chadash to offer day-long Chanukah celebration on Dec. 5

Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation has announced plans for a full day of Chanukah-related activities on Sunday, December 5, which corresponds to the seventh day of the eight-day holiday.

The day begins at 9:00 a.m. with “Superhero” Shul School and programs...

CCJN receives two citations from N.O. Press Club

The Crescent City Jewish News received a second place ranking for its editorial “Flames of Outrage” and a third place for Breaking News for its story on the swastikas and other graffiti spray painted in front of Gates of Prayer...