January 2, 2020

Dr. King’s Speechwriter Issues Call to Black Leaders to Condemn Antisemitism

By Clarence Jones Recently, while watching the news, I was saddened, like many Americans, to hear of the Jersey City shooting, an incident of blatant antisemitism against the Orthodox Jewish community, in which two armed assailants stormed a kosher market killing four innocent people and […]
January 2, 2020

Over three decades of music: May announces retirement from Metairie’s Gates of Prayer

Rabbi David Gerber, Rabbi Lexi Erdheim and Cantorial Soloist Tory May at the pre-Rosh Hashanah “Sinners and Saints” early service for those attending the Saints game on the first night of the holiday. After 32 years as cantorial soloist and musical director at Gates of […]
December 30, 2019

Cabaret Under the Dome concert on Jan. 9 to benefit Natchez Temple

2016 concert at B’nai Israel, Natchez The Natchez Festival of Music and the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life present the second annual “Cabaret Under the Dome” at Natchez’s historic Temple B’nai Israel on Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. This evening of Broadway and opera […]
December 27, 2019

Gaza Sheikh Praises Pensacola Shooter

Sheikh Nael Mossran (screenshot courtesy MEMRI) In a Friday sermon on Dec. 22, Palestinian Sheikh Nael Mossran praised Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, who killed three U.S. service members and injured eight at the Pensacola Naval Station in a Dec. 6 shooting, before he was killed by […]
December 26, 2019

URJ President to Speak at 75th Anniversary of Baton Rouge’s Beth Shalom

Beth Shalom in Baton Rouge kicks off its 75th anniversary celebration with a January weekend that includes a visit by Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs. On Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m., there will be a musical Shabbat service, where Jacobs will speak. […]
December 20, 2019

Birmingham Holocaust Center Moves to Emanu-El

The Birmingham Holocaust Education Center announced it will be temporarily relocating to Temple Emanu-El, as of Dec. 17. The Bayer Properties building just up the street has been home to the BHEC, rent free, for the past 15 years. “The BHEC has been so appreciative […]
December 18, 2019

Holocaust survivor Irving Roth to speak at Jefferson Performing Arts Center

As the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, New Orleanians will have a chance to hear the first-hand account of Irving Roth, age 90, who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. In partnership with Chabad of Louisiana, Roth will share his story of survival and grit […]
December 17, 2019

Pennies for Penny Bat Mitzvah Project to Benefit Fisher House in NOLA

Penny with her parents, Benjamin and Lt. Col Carol Berman, at her mother’s promotion ceremony on Sept. 15 at Beth Israel, Metairie While Penny Berman’s Bat Mitzvah project is entitled Pennies for Penny, she has a far greater goal than pennies — she hopes to […]
December 15, 2019

Rahm Emanuel jabs at Alabama’s presumed treatment of Jews

At a speech that has been described as “edgy,” former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel took swipes at Alabama’s presumed treatment of Jews as he jabbed at presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg. The Gridiron Club and Foundation winter dinner, held on Dec. 7 in Washington, is generally […]