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Many congregations in the region are hosting community Seders. Contact the congregation office for reservations. In most cases, accommodations can be made for those with financial difficulties. For congregations that have Seder on only one of the two nights, people in search of a Seder […]

Photo courtesy NECHAMA NECHAMA: A Jewish Response to Disaster has deployed to the Shreveport area following extensive flooding from record rains in mid-March. A slow-moving storm dumped over two feet of rain in some areas, with widespread flooding in at least 26 Louisiana parishes. Additional […]

There are Jewish food festivals, and then there is the Arkansas Jewish Food and Cultural Festival. The Jewish Federation of Arkansas is preparing for over 15,000 visitors to the April 10 event, held at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock from 9 a.m. to 4 […]

For 10 years, PJ Library has sent free Jewish books to children up to age 8 across the country every month. Now, PJ Our Way is being launched for those ages 9 to 11. The older students’ initiative was launched in 10 communities nationwide in […]

The North Louisiana Jewish Film Festival, hosted by the North Louisiana Jewish Federation, will feature four films and a set of five shorts, screened numerous times from April 10 to 14 at the Robinson Film Center in Shreveport. An opening reception will be held at […]

Attorney Roberta Kaplan will speak on her new book, “Then Comes Marriage: United States vs. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA” at Temple Sinai in New Orleans on April 14. Kaplan, a litigation partner at Paul, Weiss LLP, has been described as a “powerhouse corporate […]

Yehiel “Hilik” Bar, the Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, will be the headlining speaker at an Alabama-Israel Leadership Gala, April 9 in the Decatur area. Bar, who is also scheduled to address a joint session of the Alabama Legislature, is the highest-ranking Israeli government official […]

Jonathan Greenblatt, the new national director of the Anti-Defamation League, will make his first visit to New Orleans in March for two addresses. He will give a keynote address on March 17 at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, at 11 a.m. at The Chickory. On March […]