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March 5, 2020
March 5, 2020
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Tulane student Jon Cowen in front of the Jewish Studies building on Freret Street (photo by Arielle Pentes) On March 2, the Tulane University Department of Jewish Studies announced it received an anonymous $2 million gift to establish the Chair in Contemporary Jewish Life Endowed […]
March 1, 2020
March 1, 2020
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Here is a selection of Purim events in the region: Alabama Temple Beth El in Anniston will have its Purim celebration on March 6 at 7:30 p.m. Birmingham’s Knesseth Israel will have a Wild West Purim Party on March 9, with a “chicken and trimmings” […]
March 1, 2020
March 1, 2020
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“Soul Doctor,” which won Best Feature at the New York Kwanzaa Film Festival, will be screened at the Walton Theater in Selma on March 1st at 4:30 p.m. to celebrate Black History Month and the annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee. “Soul Doctor,” the film adaptation […]
February 28, 2020
February 28, 2020
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Updated March 3 after change of venue was announced. As the United States Supreme Court hears a major reproductive rights case coming from Louisiana this week, a coalition of groups including the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and Women of Reform Judaism is coordinating […]
February 27, 2020
February 27, 2020
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Jerry Jeudy sports his Star of David necklace during the Walk of Champions before a recent game in Tuscaloosa While former Alabama wide receiver Jerry Jeudy issued an apology for anyone who was offended by his wearing a Star of David necklace, the overwhelming response […]
February 24, 2020
February 24, 2020
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Though Joe Buchanan is one of the more active figures in Jewish music these days, performing across the country three weeks per month, he came to the field with very little background in Jewish music. Or Judaism, for that matter. At a synagogue early in […]
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
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The opening of the reimagined Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience draws closer with the announcement that the New Orleans site will debut this fall. “This will be the only museum in the country to focus exclusively on the history and culture of Jews across […]
February 16, 2020
February 16, 2020
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Jon Rotenstreich grew up in Birmingham, attended the University of Alabama, then graduate school at the University of Chicago. He went to work for Salomon Brothers in Atlanta and was transferred to New York. There he met another junior associate, Mike Bloomberg, beginning a friendship […]
February 14, 2020
February 14, 2020
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Tulane University alumnus and nationally renowned author Rich Cohen (pictured) will be one of the featured presenters at LimmudFest New Orleans 2020, which will be March 20 to 22. Over 90 presenters from the New Orleans area, around the region and from across the nation […]