Renowned ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin, a New Orleans native, will be giving a free lecture today at Tulane University on “Rum, Pirates and Medicinal Plants from New Orleans to the Amazon.”
The lecture, part of the Marcia Monroe Conery series, will...
The Northshore Jewish Congregation (NJC), suffered only minor damages from Hurricane Ida last Sunday and Monday. However, at last report, it is still without power.
In the interim, Anna Schwartz, the president of Temple Adath Joseph...
All Chabad-Lubavitch area locations – the Btesh Family Chabad House (Uptown), the Gerson Katz Chabad Center of Metairie, Chabad of Baton Rouge and CBI (Chabad of Gulfport) will be offering full High Holiday services.
Chabad-Lubavitch of Louisiana, which is the parent organization for the local Btesh Family Chabad House, the Gerson Katz Chabad Center of Metaire, the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center at Tulane and the Chabad House of Baton Rouge are showing a...
Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans (JFS), through the financial support of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), will provide need-based financial assistance to Hurricane Ida-affected Jewish residents in Orleans Parish, Jefferson Parish, the Northshore and River Parishes,...
For those New Orleanians evacuated elsewhere or attempting to stay in the area while awaiting the restoration of power, here is a list of invaluable resources:
What had once been an area of disturbed weather with little closed circulation to mark it as a tropical disturbance quickly turned into a disorganized tropical storm named Ida on Thursday afternoon.
Weather forecasters say conditions are right for further...
The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans has announced a new policy regarding access to the Goldring-Woldenberg Campus building, which houses its offices as well as those of the Metairie JCC and the Jewish Community Day School.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. (JWV) will hold its 126th Annual National Convention in New Orleans from Sunday, August 15 through Thursday, August 20, 2021.
The Center for Israel Education has announced a closing date for applications on Sept. 5, 2021 for its next virtual Teen Israel Leadership Institute (TILI),to be held at 11:00 CDT on two consecutive Sundays, Sept. 19 and 26. Teenagers between 15...
