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Competing in the World Maccabiah Games softball tournament is Maren Angus’ comeback in the sport, and it provides a poignant bookend to the previous end of her playing days. Angus, who lives in Hendersonville, Tenn., was selected for the Open Women’s softball team, coached by […]

Chance Doyle in Vietnam in 2015, part of the journey that led to him discovering his Jewish roots. When Chance Doyle leaves New Orleans for the World Maccabiah Games in Israel this month, winning the rugby competition is certainly a priority — but Doyle has […]

The 2013 team celebrates the first-ever gold medal for the U.S. in soccer at the World Maccabiah Games in Israel. In the sports world, there is nothing like going out on top, and after leading the U.S. men’s open soccer team to its first-ever gold […]

Editor’s Note: Three additional profiles accompany this story. The 20th World Maccabiah Games, sometimes referred to as the “Jewish Olympics,” will open in Israel on July 4, with several representatives from this region on the United States team. The games are viewed as the third-largest […]

Eddie Soll and Michael Weil at the tree planting in Partnership2Gether community Rosh Ha’Ayin, during last week’s New Orleans Mega-Mission to Israel. Photo by Tana Velen. The transition has begun at the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans. In a statement today, Federation President Eddie […]

Rep. Valarie Hodges speaks at a Jerusalem 50th anniversary event at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge. Below, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signs a proclamation in Montgomery, and at the bottom, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant speaks on the international simulcast. In recognition of the 50th […]

The area behind Shir Chadash in Metairie is expected to be the site for the Louisiana Community Mikvah In the coming months, construction may finally begin on a long-anticipated project in the New Orleans area — a community mikvah. The Louisiana Community Mikvah is a […]

In just under two months, 850 Jewish teens from around the country and across the world will converge on Birmingham for the Jewish Community Centers Maccabi Games, and the organizing committee is working hard to make sure the community is ready to greet them. The […]

A splash gator awaits installation As Memorial Day weekend approaches and school lets out, thoughts turn to swimming. With that, finishing touches on the new outdoor swimming pools at the Uptown Jewish Community Center in New Orleans are progressing “rapidly.” On May 26, water was […]