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Congregation Gates of Prayer offers a Debbie Friedman Shabbat tonight

Cantorial soloist Jordan Lawrence is offering a different type of Shabbat experience tonight as she will be leading the musical portion of Shabbat worship services with a series of tribute songs composed and made famous by Jewish singer Debbie Friedman,...

Kesslers to be honored at JFS fundraiser on March 20

Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans (JFS), a constituent agency of Jewish Federation of New Orleans, will be holding its annual fundraiser titled “Take Flight with JFS”  on Thurs., March 20th, 2025. The event will be held from  from...

Mardi Gras Mitzva Makers to roll on Sunday morning

The 44th annual B’nai B’rith Mardi Gras Mitzva Makers Hospital Parade will take place inside Touro Hospital this Sunday, February 2, beginning at 10 a.m.

Participants are urged to meet at the Touro entrance entrance at 3500 Prytania Street, beginning...

Area roads opening slowly

Authorities began opening up the Crescent City Connection and the Causeway to one lane in each direction Thursday as the icy conditions on roads showed some progress in melting.

The 10 inches of snow that fell on Tuesday coupled with...

Cantor Garfein organizing tonight’s Community MLK Shabbat

Temple Sinai Cantor Rebecca Garfein is presiding over a special musical event tonight at the Reform temple’s weekly Shabbat service, a Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Shabbat.

The service begins at Temple Sinai,  6227 St. Charles Avenue, at 6:15 p.m....

Hadassah Readers’ Circle to host Zoom event with author

To obtain the Zoom link to join the conversation, please email Helen Stone at krazy4karate@yahoo.com

The Readers’ Circle of Hadassah New Orleans will host a discussion of “Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure” with the author, Mimi...

2 Israelis injured in New Orleans attack with suspected ISIS ties that killed 14

By BEN SALES and ALAN SMASON

(JTA) — Two Israelis were among those injured in Wednesday’s truck ramming attack in New Orleans, which authorities are investigating as the work of a terror cell tied to Daesh (ISIS or the Islamic...

UPDATE: Jewish victims announced in Bourbon Street terror; names being witheld at present

An announcement from the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans revealed this evening that two Israelis and an American Jewish girl visiting from Ft. Myers, FL. were among the 35 injured victims of today’s terror ramming attack on Bourbon Street....

Allstate Sugar Bowl to be delayed 20 hours

By ALAN SMASON

Following the horrific ramming attack in the early morning hours on Bourbon Street that killed 10 people and sent 35 others to area hospitals, Allstate Sugar Bowl officials have announced the postponement of the game between the...

Fed Fest to be held on Wed., Dec. 11 at 7 p.m.

Fed Fest, formerly titled the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans’ Annual Campaign Celebration, will be held this coming Wednesday evening from 7 – 9 p.m.  at the Audubon Tea Room, 6500 Magazine.

All donors to the annual Federation campaign...