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JWV Ben Katz Post # 580 planning Veterans Day activities this Sunday

The Jewish War Veterans, Ben Katz Post # 580, has scheduled a meeting this Sunday, August 20, at 11:30 a.m. at the Metairie Jewish Community Center, 3747 W. Esplanade Avenue in Metairie.

Post Commander Carol Berman has called the meeting...

Local screening of ‘Golda’ sold out

A local screening of “Golda,” the film by director Guy Nattiv that stars Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren as Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, has sold out.  The screening is being held days prior to the film’s scheduled release...

Cub Scout pack roundup Sunday at 4 p.m. at Shir Chadash

A Cub Scout pack to serve the entire Metairie Jewish area is in the formative stages of being housed at Shir Chadash Conservative Synagogue, 3737 West Esplanade Avenue in Metairie, and parents and potential Scouts are encouraged to attend the...

Community Mikvah to open soon

The Oscar J. Tolmas Louisiana Community Mikvah will be in operation in a matter of weeks, according to the board of the Louisiana Community Mikvah

The final additions to the building are being made and a new website will be...

Ben Katz JWV Post holds 2023 installation at Kosher Cajun

Ron Silvernell, the Department Commander (DC) for the Jewish War Veterans’ Department of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma (TALO), presided over the installation of the Ben Katz Post #580 at a special luncheon meeting held at Kosher Cajun...

JFS celebrates 75 years of service

By HALEY HEMENWAY SLEDGE, Special to the CCJN

Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans (JFS) celebrated its Platinum Jubilee anniversary with a gala brunch at The Ritz-Carlton on June 25 titled “Decades of Service for the Decades Ahead: 75...

JWV Post to host installation on Sun., July 9

The Ben Katz Post #580 of the Jewish War Veterans, will hold an installation luncheon on Sunday, July 9 at 11:30 p.m. at Kosher Cajun New York Delicatessen and Grocery, 3519 Severn Avenue in Metairie.

All elected officers will be...

Jewish Pride month continues with Shabbat service at Gates of Prayer tonight

A Pride Shabbat service will be held tonight, June 9, at 6:15 p.m. at Congregation Gates of Prayer, 4000 W. Esplanade Avenue in Metairie. 

The service, which requires an RSVP for those attending, is being sponsored by JP NOLA through...

JWV’s Ben Katz Post plans Memorial Day events on May 28

The Ben Katz Post of the Jewish War Veterans (JWV) is holding a number of events Memorial Day weekend to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to the United States military. 

A list compiled by...

Cantor Rebecca Garfein will succeed Cantor Joel Colman at Temple Sinai

Cantor Rebecca Garfein will  succeed Cantor Joel Colman as only the second cantor at Temple Sinai. Colman will be retiring after 24 years of service this summer.

A mezzo-soprano, Garfein is a native of Tallahassee, Florida, where her father was...