2018

On May 22, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed an executive order against boycotts of Israel. He will travel to Israel later this month, to lead a state trade delegation. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards will lead a 24-person delegation on an economic development mission […]

Beth Israel in Metairie announced on Oct. 8 that Rabbi Gabriel Greenberg has requested that his contract not be renewed when it concludes on June 30. Beth Israel President Lee Kansas said Greenberg “has become more than merely our congregation’s rabbi; he’s become a friend, […]

Retired German diplomat Stefan Schlüter will visit Birmingham as part of an 11-city U.S. tour, visiting mid-sized and smaller Jewish communities to speak on “How Germany Has Come to Terms with Its Past.” As program director of the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin, Schlüter strongly believes […]

Eva Schloss, step-sister to Anne Frank, will speak in New Orleans and Tennessee in the coming weeks. Her Nov. 6 talk in New Orleans is presented by Chabad of Louisiana and Chabad Jewish Center in Metairie, in conjunction with 80 years since Kristallnacht and 70 […]

The next class from the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute will explore questions of faith in the 21st century world. “Wrestling With Faith” will be offered at Chabad Centers around the region, with Baton Rouge recently being approved to offer the international courses. According to the […]

Henri Bendel commissioned this monument in Lafayette’s Jewish cemetery in memory of his parents and step-father While many in the fashion world are mourning the Sept. 14 announcement that the iconic Henri Bendel is shutting down, the announcement also closes the book on a chapter […]

Working for a national television news department isn’t conducive to being a novel writer, but that is something longtime NBC News reporter Martin Fletcher always wanted to do. He will visit New Orleans for an Oct. 3 program at the Uptown Jewish Community Center, to […]

On Oct. 6, there is added incentive to hear the Torah reading at B’nai Israel in Hattiesburg. That Shabbat, Michael Segal of Teaneck, N.J. will add Mississippi as the 35th state where he has read Torah, in his effort to read Torah in all 50 […]

The High Holy Day season usually brings capacity crowds to synagogues, but on Sept. 16, the Northshore Jewish Congregation had a standing room only, overflow crowd the weekend between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. An interfaith and multiracial audience heard a wide range of speakers […]