Katrina Volunteers
To commemorate the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, PBS affiliate Religion & Ethics Newsweekly produced a short 4:30 minute film on the role of religion and social justice work in the rebuilding of New Orleans.
Visit the website to view the video.
New Orleans has been named as a host city of the JCC Maccabi Artsfest for 2009. The festival will be held August 2-7, 2009. Potential teen participants should contact their local JCC. Individuals living in or planning to visit the New Orleans area during the ArtsFest who are interested in volunteering should contact the [...]
Read full post...In 2007, Rabbi Uri moved to New Orleans with his family to serve at Congregation Beth Israel. He was interviewed by The Jewish Press about his move to New Orleans from
New York, and about his perspective on the current state of the Jewish community here.
Rabbi Uri, his wife Dahlia, and their two sons, Elyon and [...]
Read full post...The recently published Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean, by Edward Kritzler, explores Jewish ties to the legendary pirates who plagued the Caribbean during the Age of Discovery. While the scholarship is lacking, according to Adam Kirsch, who wrote a review of the book for J. The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, the links Kritzler [...]
Read full post...New Orleanians awoke on Thursday morning to life inside a snow globe: big, fluttery snowflakes filled the sky and covered plants, cars, and buildings. Many schools were closed in the area, and children celebrated having a snow day — a first for most. The last time it snowed in New Orleans was on Christmas Day [...]
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