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Robert Atwell and Rachel Glazer as Adam and Eve Mark Twain, Bible critic? The historic Temple B’nai Israel in Natchez will be the scene for Twain’s “The Diaries of Adam and Eve,” with two performances the weekend of April 28. The production is presented by […]

His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco and Cheryl Landrieu unveil plaque marking birthplace of Princess Alice in New Orleans New Orleans is known for its Mardi Gras royalty, but there is one example of actual royalty from New Orleans, and she was Jewish. […]

On June 15, Rabbi Stephen Slater will become the rabbi of Birmingham’s Temple Beth-El, the largest Conservative congregation in Alabama. Slater is in his final year of studies before ordination at Hebrew College in Boston. He has been the student rabbi at Shaaray Tefila, a […]

Tina Antolini and Alon Shaya, March 14 at the Uptown Jewish Community Center in New Orleans When Alon Shaya began to develop his first cookbook, he ran into a problem. How do you build a conventional cookbook with “gnocchi, kugel, pita and jambalaya?” Each of […]

When it comes to early Jewish movie stars, the name Broncho Billy Anderson isn’t usually a name that comes to mind. That is fixin’ to change, with a celebration this month in Arkansas of the first cowboy-western movie star’s life and work. The event will […]

by Lee J. Green All the world is truly a stage when art and expression is not contained to just the theatre setting. The goal of the inaugural Red Mountain Theatre Company Human Rights New Works Festival is not just to entertain attendees, but to […]

Recently, the register at Stein’s Deli in New Orleans has been sporting an Elaine Luria for Congress sticker. Luria, a Birmingham native who also has family in New Orleans, including cousin Dan Stein, isn’t running for Congress in Alabama or Louisiana — she’s running in […]

Los Angeles’ Distant Cousins will perform on March 17 at LimmudFest New Orleans Even those not attending Limmud can enjoy the Saturday evening programming, which features a concert, film screening and dance party. After Limmud registrants have a musical Havdalah at 8 p.m. on March […]

New Orleans’ Big Tent of Jewish learning, LimmudFest, will have hundreds of attendees sampling about 100 presentations along 10 learning tracks the weekend of March 16. Several national and international presenters will be in town, joining a wide range of local experts that includes a […]