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A “gut reaction” by Rabbi Matthew Reimer has led to his being named the new rabbi at Temple Sinai in New Orleans, effective July 1. He succeeds Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn, who has led Louisiana’s largest Jewish congregation since 1987 and will become the emeritus […]

Unity Congregation on Birmingham’s Southside will be hosting Kehillat Shalom. A new Chavurah has formed in Birmingham and plans to start holding weekly Shabbat services next month. Kehillat Shalom is an entirely lay-led group that had its first organizational meeting on May 23, to get […]

Knesset Member Hilik Bar honored Alabama Sen. Arthur Orr at the Alabama-Israel Task Force Leadership Gala near Decatur on April 9 (photo courtesy AITF). As Israel started its national memorial day on the evening of May 10 for the 23,477 who have died in defense […]

The first time Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn looked out from the pulpit of Temple Sinai in New Orleans, the vast historic sanctuary was empty. It was 1979 when Cohn, the rabbi at Beth Israel in Macon, Ga., was visiting New Orleans for the wedding of […]

In mid-May, several communities in the region will have celebrations for Israel’s 68th birthday. In New Orleans, there will be a community-wide Yom Ha’Zikaron, Israel memorial day, service led by members of the Jewish Clergy Council of New Orleans on May 11 at 6:30 p.m., […]

The New Orleans Opera and the National World War II Museum are collaborating on a production of Hans Krasa’s Holocaust-era children’s opera “Brundibar,” but it will involve far more than the three performances this month. “Brundibar” was performed 55 times in the Theresienstadt concentration camp […]

The son of a highly-decorated Nazi commander will be the keynote speaker for the New Orleans community-wide Holocaust commemoration. Bernd Wollschlaeger, author of “Against All Odds, Change is Possible” will headline the event. At age 14 he asked his parents why the 1972 murder of […]

Rabbi Gabriel Greenberg speaks at the Beth Israel 10th anniversary commemoration of Katrina last August. A two-alarm fire destroyed the home of Rabbi Gabriel and Abby Greenberg of Beth Israel in Metairie on April 19. According to information sent out by the congregation, the fire […]

The third annual GiveNOLA Day is scheduled for May 3, and several non-profits in the Jewish community will be looking for donations. The 24-hour online fundraiser organized by the Greater New Orleans Foundation goes from midnight to midnight, with a minimum donation of $10. All […]