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Lillian Lalo reads to her son’s preschool class at the Levite Jewish Community Center’s Cohn Early Childhood Education Center By Richard Friedman “Jewish people are like a warm hug. They’re like a loving mother.” That comes from Lillian Askins Lalo as she reflects on her […]

Once again, many Jewish organizations in the greater New Orleans area are preparing for GiveNOLA Day, which will be held on May 3. Over 900 non-profits are signed up to take part in the annual online 24-hour fundraiser. Last year, over $8.1 million was raised […]

Doctors at the Israeli field hospital in western Ukraine evaluate MRI images in the morning light. Photo by Naama Frank Azriel, via Israel21c By Richard Friedman  With the recent approach of Passover, a holiday that commemorates the biblical exodus of the Jewish people from a […]

By Lee J. Green Growing up in a conservative Jewish environment and having a love of ‘80s music helped shape Dan Lipton’s musical interests and foundation. The music supervisor/arranger/orchestrator for “An Officer and a Gentleman” — coming to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex April 28 through […]

By Richard Friedman Tom Bevill was from a long ago era, that was not too long ago. It was a time when there was no social media, when policy was at least as important as politics on Capitol Hill, when character mattered over soundbites, and […]

The rabbis carry the casket with the Torah. Photo courtesy Carolyn Lenz. Louisiana has always had a complicated relationship with water, and the dichotomy of water as destructive and rejuvenating will be reflected in a unique way in the new Oscar J. Tolmas Louisiana Community […]

Author Alice Walker and playwright Eve Ensler clasp hands at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on the night they appeared together in dialogue in 2013. JNS photo by Maxine Dovere. Just two weeks after novelist Alice Walker was dropped from the Bay […]

Food items were delivered on behalf of MASHAV Israel to local NGOs working with Ukrainian refugees on the Moldova-Ukraine border. Source: Twitter. By Ambassador Daniel Meron The Jewish sages teach us that Abraham’s tent was open in all four directions because he wanted to be […]

By Lee J. Green Ricardo Khan believes theatre can inspire change and unity through sharing history about people coming together to change the nation. The writer-director’s play “Freedom Rider,” which centers around four students — including a young Jewish man from Ohio — celebrates the […]