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Mishkan Israel in Selma Rabbi Joseph Gumbiner, who had been rabbi at Selma’s Mishkan Israel in the 1930s and came back for five days in March 1965 to participate in civil rights demonstrations, wrote that “there is no record of any Jewish person there becoming […]

What do Jews from West Virginia have in common with Jews from Uganda? In the case of “Psalms: The Making of an Album,” it is unique musical styles that are rooted in Judaism and in the music of their surroundings. A film project will bring […]

Rabbi Fred Guttman and Rev. William Barber at Mishkan Israel in Selma With reporting by Verna Gates and Deborah LaymanFifty years ago, Selma’s Jewish community was less than thrilled about so many Jewish outsiders coming to town from across the country and demonstrating with the […]

Members of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans approved an “extremely limited” measure that expands the definition of Federation membership. The change, approved at a March 16 meeting at the Goldring-Woldenberg Jewish Community Campus in Metairie, amends the Federation’s by-laws and charter to allow […]

A Southern Jewish Passover tradition continues as Rabbi Jeremy Simons and Rabbi Matthew Dreffin embark on the fifth annual Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life “Passover Pilgrimage.” The Passover Pilgrimage’s traveling series of seders has become a tradition for the communities along its path. In […]

Alon Shaya’s new Israeli restaurant, Shaya, opened in New Orleans last month. Four chefs, including Alon Shaya of New Orleans and John Currence of Oxford, Miss., will lead a “once in a lifetime” culinary tour of Israel this summer. Also on the tour are Michael […]

Though one may be a native New Orleanian, there is still a lot to learn about the city’s rich history and present. Barri Bronston’s book, “Walking New Orleans: 30 Tours Exploring Historic Neighborhoods, Waterfront Districts, Culinary and Music Corridors, and Recreational Wonderlands,” came out on […]

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (second from right), marched in Selma with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Bunche, Rep. John Lewis, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and Rev. C.T. Vivian. Editor’s Note: This is part of our ongoing series, Not Just Black and White: Civil Rights and […]

Editor’s Note: This is the latest in a series of pieces examining the Jewish community’s involvement in the civil rights battles of the 1960s. A companion piece, about Jewish activists who came to Selma in 1965, is here. In April we will have a piece […]