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Nicole Hockley Nicole Hockley, founder and managing director of Sandy Hook Promise, will keynote the March 12 general meeting of the National Council of Jewish Women’s Greater New Orleans Section at the Uptown Jewish Community Center. Her son Dylan was one of 20 first-graders killed […]

Barry Silverman will be presented the Joshua Award by the Mobile Area Jewish Federation at a March 16 event at Springhill Avenue Temple, in recognition of his dedicated service to the Federation.  While he has been active in several areas, of particular note in selecting […]

Rabbi Katie Bauman, second from right, will become the new senior rabbi at Touro Synagogue in New Orleans this summer (photo courtesy Touro). When Rabbi Katie Bauman takes over as rabbi of Touro Synagogue, nobody will need to show her around New Orleans. The congregation […]

Eighteen years ago, the American Hebrew Academy opened in Greensboro, N.C., as the realization of one man’s dream for a high-caliber Jewish boarding high school. Glenn Drew, the academy’s chief executive officer, said his uncle, Chico Sabbah, “would be ecstatic at what his vision has […]

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant and Israeli Consul General Lior Haiat visit the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem last November. (Update: On March 6, the Senate passed the bill, 34-8, sending it to Gov. Phil Bryant for his signature). Mississippi is looking to join its neighbors […]

For decades, Macy Hart has been an advocate for the Southern Jewish experience, and a celebration of his career will be held on April 6 in Jackson. The founding director of the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, which provides services to Jewish communities in […]

Rep. Elaine Luria (file photo) Elaine Luria, a native of Birmingham’s Jewish community who now serves as the congressional representative for Virginia’s second district, is calling on the Democratic leadership to take “swift action” in rejecting anti-Semitism and reiterating support for Israel. In a letter […]

On Jan. 15, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced the signing of a research agreement between Check Point Software Technologies of Israel and the Stephenson Technologies Corp., the applied research corporation at Louisiana State University, which serves U.S. federal markets. Check Point will work with […]

Israeli Consul General Gilad Katz presents Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards with photos from the state’s Israel mission, as Bill Hess looks on, before the Jan. 28 panel in New Orleans Over two evenings, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards touted successes from the recent Louisiana […]