2020

Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans has set up an online page detailing relief availability for those in Lake Charles and Alexandria who were affected by Hurricane Laura. Hurricane Laura came ashore near Cameron around 2 a.m. on Aug. 27, with winds of about […]

The Goldring Family Foundation Center for Jewish-Multicultural Affairs, one of two new “Centers of Excellence” at the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, officially launched on Oct.1. The Center, which fosters relations between the local Jewish community and the local African-American, Latin-American, and Multi-Faith communities […]

Supporters of Israel in Florida can show their drive, thanks to legislation authorizing the issuance of a Florida Stands with Israel specialty license plate. The bill was signed by Governor Ron DeSantis on Sept. 18 as part of a bill that authorized 32 new plate […]

By Richard Friedman  Rebecca Gilbert stands tall. For Israel. Against antisemitism. Engaging others. But the 21-year-old University of Alabama senior does not stand alone. That is because she is part of a U.S.-based organization, StandWithUs. The organization has developed a network of student leaders, including Rebecca, on […]

Lauren and Seth Herschthal, third-generation owners of Blue Star Camps in Hendersonville, N.C., may have 73 years of family summer camp experience to draw on, but even for them, the summer of coronavirus was unprecedented. Nevertheless, while around 80 percent of sleepaway camps nationally decided […]

On a typical Friday night in the summer, campers dressed in white follow a guitar-wielding song leader near Utica, singing their way to welcoming Shabbat. On Saturday evening near Clayton, Ga., hundreds fill the amphitheater for a Havdalah service that turns into a lengthy, high-energy […]

Sixteen years to the day after Hurricane Ivan hit the Gulf Coast of Alabama and Florida, Hurricane Sally slowly made her way ashore in Orange Beach on Sept. 16, bringing flooding and a lot of wind to the same areas. The storm, with sustained winds […]

The Greater New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women is part of a coalition of groups hosting a series of judicial town halls, to learn more about judicial candidates on the Nov. 3 ballot. The virtual town halls, “The Justice We Want […]

Rep. Elaine Luria, a Birmingham native who represents Virginia’s second district in Congress, was named to the Jerusalem Post’s 2020 list of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the world. Luria, who also has family in New Orleans, narrowly defeated incumbent Scott Taylor in 2018. […]