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The New Orleans location of Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps will honor Deborah Cotton and Pamela Steeg at this year’s Partners in Justice jazz brunch, April 23 at 11 a.m., at Temple Sinai. The brunch was established to honor “individuals who emulate our vision of […]

Karen Kahn Weinberg does the first reading from the Pine Bluff Torah at Adat Israel in Guatemala Last summer, a chapter of Southern Jewish history closed in Arkansas with the deconsecrating of Anshe Emeth in Pine Bluff. Eight months later, a new chapter started a […]

Barak Hermann, CEO, JCC of Greater Baltimore; Michael Feinstein, CEO, Bender JCC of Greater Washington, in Rockville, Md.; Ivy Harlev, Executive Director, Siegel JCC in Wilmington, Del.; Doron Krakow, President and CEO, JCC Association of North America; Stephen P. Seiden, Chair of the Board of […]

A Vicksburg Jewish landmark that has hosted many stylish events over the decades hosted a centennial celebration in grand style. A black tie optional gala attracted about 120 guests on March 25 at the B’nai B’rith Literary Club, commemorating the 100th anniversary of its March […]

Barrie Schwartz Popups are a current trend, and one in New Orleans is a new twist on a tradition over three millennia old. My House Social is organizing a Passover popup dinner on April 11 at 7 p.m., at Pret A Fete. Barrie Schwartz, founder […]

With almost two dozen communities on the schedule, the Jackson-based Institute of Southern Jewish Life is sending out three rabbis for the 2017 Passover Pilgrimage. Rabbi Jeremy Simons, ISJL director of rabbinic services; Rabbi Matthew Dreffin, associate director of education; and rabbinic intern Student Rabbi […]

Stanley Cohn, a Tulane graduate and New Orleans attorney, assumed the duties as Sugar Bowl president in February. A native of Union Springs, Ala., Cohn was elected to the Sugar Bowl Committee in 1998. He has served on a wide-range of committees, including several years […]

“The Diary of Anne Frank” “The Diary of Anne Frank” will be part of a three-film series in conjunction with “The Power of Children: Making a Difference,” at the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge. Frank, Ruby Bridges and Ryan White will be featured in […]

Though there was a sigh of relief at the news that an arrest has been made for most of the bomb threats called in to Jewish Community Centers and Jewish schools around the United States since mid-January, mixed with shock about who the suspect is, […]