2020
March 25, 2020
March 25, 2020
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For those in the Greater New Orleans Jewish community, a Jewish Community Response Volunteer Initiative is being launched to assist those in the community who have needs during the coronavirus shutdown. The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans […]
March 20, 2020
March 20, 2020
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Volunteers and staff assemble lunches at the Levite Jewish Community Center With most facilities and programs at the Levite Jewish Community Center in Birmingham closed due to COVID-19 restrictions, the usually-bustling hallways are mostly quiet. But while JCCs in Nashville and New Orleans have had […]
March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020
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Rabbi Mendel Rivkin leads minyan from Chabad of Louisiana on Facebook. Here are some online activities being organized nationally and by congregations in our region. We will continue to update as we learn of more opportunities. Because of the prevalence of Zoombombing, we have removed […]
March 18, 2020
March 18, 2020
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Michael Saag, world renowned AIDS researcher and expert on infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a member of Birmingham’s Jewish community, announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19. In an announcement to the UAB community, University President Ray Watts said […]
March 17, 2020
March 17, 2020
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With a proliferation of small Seders this year, due to the restrictions of the COVID-19 response, the Conn family in Birmingham hopes that there will be a Flower for Hadar on many more tables this year. The Conns launched the project five years ago, not […]
March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020
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Both locations of the Jewish Community Center in New Orleans will be closing for two weeks, effective at 5 p.m. today, according to an announcement made mid-day today. The JCC board “unanimously” voted to take the measure last night. Originally, today was to be the […]
March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020
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Most recent update: March 20, 4:18 p.m. With COVID-19 cases spreading, Jewish communities in the region are reacting with an abundance of caution, and numerous events have been cancelled or postponed, including Shabbat services. This is a list of events that have been cancelled, or […]
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
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A 20-year-old Jefferson Parish man with a history of Nazi-style social media posts has been arrested and charged with the September 2018 antisemitic graffiti vandalism of Northshore Jewish Congregation in Mandeville. On March 10, Caine Zander Brown was arrested at his home in Jefferson and […]
March 9, 2020
March 9, 2020
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With increasing concerns about the spread of COVID-19, “out of an abundance of caution for the health and well-being of the New Orleans community,” LimmudFest New Orleans is being postponed. Held every two years, the “big tent” of Jewish learning was scheduled for the weekend […]