2019

2016 concert at B’nai Israel, Natchez The Natchez Festival of Music and the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life present the second annual “Cabaret Under the Dome” at Natchez’s historic Temple B’nai Israel on Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. This evening of Broadway and opera […]

Sheikh Nael Mossran (screenshot courtesy MEMRI) In a Friday sermon on Dec. 22, Palestinian Sheikh Nael Mossran praised Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, who killed three U.S. service members and injured eight at the Pensacola Naval Station in a Dec. 6 shooting, before he was killed by […]

Beth Shalom in Baton Rouge kicks off its 75th anniversary celebration with a January weekend that includes a visit by Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs. On Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m., there will be a musical Shabbat service, where Jacobs will speak. […]

The Birmingham Holocaust Education Center announced it will be temporarily relocating to Temple Emanu-El, as of Dec. 17. The Bayer Properties building just up the street has been home to the BHEC, rent free, for the past 15 years. “The BHEC has been so appreciative […]

As the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, New Orleanians will have a chance to hear the first-hand account of Irving Roth, age 90, who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. In partnership with Chabad of Louisiana, Roth will share his story of survival and grit […]

Penny with her parents, Benjamin and Lt. Col Carol Berman, at her mother’s promotion ceremony on Sept. 15 at Beth Israel, Metairie While Penny Berman’s Bat Mitzvah project is entitled Pennies for Penny, she has a far greater goal than pennies — she hopes to […]

At a speech that has been described as “edgy,” former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel took swipes at Alabama’s presumed treatment of Jews as he jabbed at presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg. The Gridiron Club and Foundation winter dinner, held on Dec. 7 in Washington, is generally […]

Concert at B’nai Israel, February 2016 Temple B’nai Israel in Natchez will receive a large grant from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, to help its preservation efforts. The department’s board met on Dec. 6 to award $3 million in Community Heritage Preservation grants […]

Jon Greene in “Balloonacy” Five years after arriving in New Orleans, Jon Greene has set down theatrical roots with The Radical Buffoons, and looks to use comedy to spark big conversations while developing the next phase of theater in New Orleans. The Radical Buffoons are […]