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(JNS) — A 41-year-old Houston man was sentenced to 27 months in prison for threatening to kill Jews. “Jeremy Joseph sent hateful, violent and antisemitic death threats over email to two former co-workers. Joseph made these threats as part of a broader scheme in which […]

Tulane Hillel, which supports a campus community of over 2,500 Jewish undergraduates and 500 graduate students, announced that Gary Brandt will be the new executive director. He succeeds Ron Gubitz, who has led Tulane Hillel since 2020 and is moving to St. Louis in June. […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in India on Jan. 14, 2018. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO. The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans will have an informational session and kickoff dinner for Jews of the Raj, the upcoming community mission to India. The mission will […]

Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) and Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) walk through the Columbia University campus on April 22, 2024. Credit: Courtesy of the office of Rep. Josh Gottheimer. The Alabama Holocaust Education Center issued a statement supporting a call by the United States […]

Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.). Credit: Official portrait. (JNS) — Serene Varghese, whose husband Sachin Varghese is general counsel for the Democratic Party of Georgia, appeared to call for the death of the party’s chair — a U.S. congresswoman — on April 20 after the latter […]

GiveNOLA Day, a 24-hour online fundraiser coordinated by the Greater New Orleans Foundation for non-profits in the greater New Orleans area, returns on May 7, with 16 local Jewish agencies participating. The 17 participating organizations in the Jewish community last year raised around $332,600, down […]

Anti-Israel rally in Birmingham on Nov. 19. SJL file. To the surprise of nobody, the Anti-Defamation League’s 2023 audit of antisemitic incidents shattered all previous records. The audit, released on April 16, counted 8,873 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism, up 140 percent over the […]

The memorials at the Nova Music Festival site It is one thing to read about it on the news. Seeing what happened, where it happened, is something completely different. From March 19 to 21, a diverse group from the New Orleans area Jewish community visited […]

The National World War II Museum and the New Orleans Jewish Community Center will present “An Evening of Reflection,” the community Yom HaShoah program, on May 6 at 5:30 p.m. The program will include a theatrical performance of “The Children of Willesden Lane,” featuring Mona […]