All

A convergence of the Holocaust and the American civil rights movement will be chronicled with the debut of “Dreams of Hope,” a documentary about an historic concert at Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, available to public television stations nationwide in February, for Black History Month. […]

Sheila Katz The Greater New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women will welcome Sheila Katz, NCJW’s national chief executive officer, as the keynote speaker at its Jan. 23 meeting. Katz and Rabbi Yonah Schiller, executive director of Tulane Hillel, will speak on […]

“Judaism’s Gifts to the World” will be explored in the latest Rohr Jewish Learning Institute course, which will be offered by Chabads in Baton Rouge, Birmingham and the New Orleans area. Rabbi Mendel Rivkin from Chabad of Louisiana said the course’s topic was selected “long […]

Caroline Samuels Four “success stories” of the New Orleans-based Jewish Children’s Regional Service will be featured at the Jewish Roots of Rhythm and Blues gala — as the performers. One of the largest Jewish events in New Orleans each year, the gala attracts attendees from throughout […]

Israel Bonds will have two events in Louisiana this month, including the first such event in many years in Baton Rouge. Benjamin Anthony, founder of Our Soldiers Speak, will present “The Battle for the Jewish Future: Europe, America and Israel” in both communities. In Baton […]

Federation CEO Arnie Fielkow briefs local media on the new centers on Jan. 8, as ADL Regional Director Aaron Ahlquist looks on The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans announced two new landmark programs, with the establishment of new centers to promote multicultural affairs and […]

Stephen Sontheimer The worst possible time to make a monumental decision is on the spur of the moment — especially if others are equally convinced that they, not you, have the right answers. With that in mind, Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans is […]

Temple Sinai of New Orleans will begin its 150th anniversary celebration with the installation of Rabbi Daniel Sherman the weekend of Jan. 24. Sherman and his family came to Temple Sinai last July. After being ordained in 1999 at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion […]

Samantha Dubrinsky-Clayton, who has been the interim executive director at Birmingham’s Levite Jewish Community Center since October 2018, was named executive director, effective Jan. 1. A Birmingham native, Dubrinsky-Clayton is looking forward to leading one of the most important community institutions in Birmingham.  “The LJCC […]