(JTA) — A Palestinian man in Louisiana was arrested Thursday after federal prosecutors accused him of participating in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel.
Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, 33, a Palestinian resident of Lafayette, Louisiana,...
(JNS.org) – Senator John Kennedy thanked the United Kingdom, France and Germany for reintroducing sanctions against Iran last week but said that “we need to talk about the rest of the story.”
SIDNEY HOFFMAN SMITH, a local entrepreneur, businessman and nationally renowned rock photographer whose work formerly graced the pages of Rolling Stone, Cream, Circus and Hit Parader magazines and whose images are enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
The Parkinson’s community will come together on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, LA 70003) for Louisiana Walks for Parkinson’s, benefiting the Parkinson’s Foundation and its mission to make life better for people living with...
LILA SKORECKI MILLEN, one of the last two remaining Holocaust survivors to make New Orleans her home, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2025. She was 87.
A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt, she was born in...
The Crescent City Jewish News (CCJN) took home two Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism on Monday night, June 23, at the American Jewish Press Association’s 2025 conference banquet.
The banquet held at the John Heinz History Center...
The extended Temple Sinai family celebrated at its annual gala and fundaiser on Sunday afternoon, April 6, at the Sazerac House with a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party theme “Wonderland and Whimsy.”
Senior Rabbi Daniel Sherman said many of the celebrants...
(JTA) — President Donald Trump has selected a new special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, elevating a Miami businessman and fundraiser named Yehuda Kaploun to the role.
“Yehuda is a successful businessman, and staunch advocate for...
The Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana, the constituent financial arm of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans will hold its annual gala brunch on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at the Higgins Hotel, 1000 Magazine Street.
(JTA) — A performer unfurled a banner showing the Sudanese and Palestinian flags and the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” during Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday.
