October

by John Kennedy, Louisiana State Treasurer Last year, I urged Louisiana taxpayers to scour their mutual fund portfolios for high-risk Puerto Rico bonds. I didn’t want college educations and retirements relying on Puerto Rico’s shaky economy. You won’t find Puerto Rico bonds in the Louisiana […]

A Palestinian teen with New Orleans ties was killed in a clash with Israeli forces about 20 miles north of Jerusalem on Oct. 24. Israeli soldiers patrolling north of Ramallah near Silwad said Orwah Hammad had taken a position along Route 60 and was preparing […]

Birmingham’s Levite Jewish Community Center will have its first celebration of Jewish Book Month with a book festival, presented by the Melba and Abe Epsman Center for Creative Expression. The festival is free and open to the public. During the festival there will be a […]

This year’s combined annual event for the Birmingham Jewish Federation, Birmingham Jewish Foundation and Israel Bonds is turning things upside down. Usually, such events are geared toward Jewish needs in Israel and around the world, with some help from Christian supporters. While that will continue […]

Rabbi Gabe Greenberg Several national figures will be in town for the installation of Rabbi Gabe Greenberg at Beth Israel in Metairie. The installation will take place during a fundraising gala at the Audubon Tea Room in New Orleans on Nov. 2 at 11:30 a.m. […]

For the 14th year, the Nashville Jewish Film Festival will present a range of movies depicting the broad scope of Jewish experience. A program of the Gordon Jewish Community Center, the festival brings educational, entertaining and thought-provoking Jewish-themed films to the Nashville Community and the […]

The Jewish Studies Department at Tulane University and the Stacy Mandel Palagye and Keith Palagye Program for Middle East Peace will hold an Israeli Film Festival at Tulane on Oct. 26 and 27. Shai Ginsburg, the Andrew Mellon Assistant Professor for Hebrew and Jewish Studies […]

The ninth annual Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival announced its lineup for the 2015 season. Held at the Manship Theatre, the festival will be Jan. 14 to 18. Mobile will have its Jewish Film Festival from Jan. 11 to 22, with the lineup of eight […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Hillel will have its first Israel Week, starting with an event in the UAB sukkah. On Oct. 14 at 10:30 a.m. there will be a bagel brunch and Krav Maga demonstration. The sukkah is located at the north Campus […]