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April 18, 2021
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 […]
April 16, 2021
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 […]
April 14, 2021
By Richard Friedman You can’t fight City Hall, as the old saying goes. But these days, City Hall can help fight antisemitism. This is what motivated the American Jewish Committee and US Conference of Mayors to team up recently and get more than 500 mayors […]
April 11, 2021
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 […]
April 9, 2021
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 […]
April 8, 2021
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 […]
March 26, 2021
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 […]
March 24, 2021
People walk toward the National Mall and Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC this past weekend as part of the Israeli-American Council’s global #SixMillionSteps campaign. Credit: Inbal More Photography. Tulane Hillel is among 15 organizations nationally that is partnering with the Israeli-American Council on a social […]
March 24, 2021
Since large in-person gatherings are still discouraged because of Covid, Shir Chadash in Metairie is making its annual All-Star New Orleans Jazz Seder available online for congregants and others around the world to enjoy as part of their individual Passover celebrations. Held regularly since 2008 […]