More than 4,000 Jews from around the world came to New Orleans November 5-9, 2010 for the General Assembly (GA) of the Jewish Federations of North America, the largest annual gathering of Jewish professionals and lay leaders in the United States. The New Orleans Jewish community came out in force to volunteer at the event, [...]
Read full post...I’ve yet to officially ask my father’s permission, but I’d like to add a chapter to his book, Biking through the ‘Hoods, a recently self-published compilation of his explorations by bicycle in fifty American cities. It is a detailed volume to be sure, but New Orleans was never one of his destinations, so perhaps I [...]
Read full post...Our AVODAH community here in New Orleans is still in its beginning stages. We are new to this city, our jobs, and each other, making our collective insecurity a collective need to be addressed. We have done this beautifully. After two months of living together our burgeoning community already has an established ethic of gratitude [...]
Read full post...Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, I never felt like it was difficult to be Jewish. I was fortunate enough to attend Jewish day school from kindergarten through high school. Every Saturday, I walked five minutes from my house to synagogue with my family. I had a dozen kosher restaurants to choose from or [...]
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