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Jewish organizations in the New Orleans area are once again gearing up for GiveNOLA Day, which will be held on May 4 this year. All 17 organizations that took part last year are participating once again, among over 800 non-profits in the 24-hour online fundraiser. […]

Nancy Pesses didn’t plan on getting into the challah business when she returned to New Orleans last summer, but popular demand keeps the kitchen humming each week. Challah Creations By Nancy has been putting out challahs and other holiday-themed Jewish baked goods each week, developing […]

As this year’s honoree for the Collat Jewish Family Services Hands Up Together gala, Nancy Collat Goedecke wants to emphasize the role CJFS plays in meeting the needs of older adults and their families when challenges arise. Goedecke explained that her grandmother was just shy […]

From Israeli Foreign Ministry‘s website By Richard Friedman As Jews, we are taught all Jews are responsible for one another. Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, provides a sacred framework for all Jews remembering one another. This powerful truth was brought home the evening of April […]

Screenshot from Jazz Fest Shabbat 2017 Since 1991, Touro Synagogue in New Orleans has marked the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in its own unique style every April, holding Jazz Fest Shabbat with the traditional Shabbat evening liturgy set to jazz tunes, with a […]

Conexx America Israel Business Connector, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans and National Council of Jewish Women, Southern Jewish Life and Israel InSight magazines, and the Israeli Consulates General in Atlanta, Miami and Houston are among the sponsors of “Celebrating the Remarkable,” a virtual […]

What is possible? The new Rohr Jewish Learning Institute class explores that concept, by taking the notion that “this can never happen” and transforming it into “This Can Happen: A Credible Case for Feeling Good About the Future.” The six-week course is being introduced at […]

Historian Edna Friedberg, Steven Fenves and Alon Shaya Alon Shaya often speaks of the transformative power of food and cooking, and its ability to transport someone across time and around the world. A recent project for the James Beard Award-winning New Orleans chef takes that […]

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks about election reform proposals at a press conference on March 24. Photo courtesy Sen. Hyde-Smith’s office. By Larry Brook At a Senate hearing on state-level election reform bills on March 24, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi informed New York Sen. Chuck […]