5+ hour, 56+ min ago  (487+ words) A Clarksdale, MS synagogue pictured circa 1920." The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience at 818 Howard Ave. , New Orleans, LA." First night of Hanukkah in Clarksdale, MS in 1954." Foundations of Judaism display State by state kiosks Peddlers & Merchants Display Histories about…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (907+ words) Nicholas Lemann's new book, "Returning," explores his family's German Jewish roots and the evolution of his family's faith over three centuries." Nicholas Lemann, New Orleans native and writer for The New Yorker, author of "Returning." As the son of German…...

6+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (159+ words) Explore 1, 200 years of Jewish legal history through real-life cases in a new six-week course led by Rabbi Peretz Kazen of Chabad at LSU & Greater Baton Rouge. The course begins on Monday, Jan. 26, with in-person classes at 11 a. m. at the Main Library…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (359+ words) As a Jewish New Orleanian, I am deeply troubled by the recent letter that describes Israel as a racist and colonial project and that labels American Jews who support Israel's right to exist as collaborators with fascism. These ideas are…...

10+ mon, 4+ day ago  (147+ words) The Mc Kowen Missionary Baptist Church is celebrating and honoring the Rev. Gerard A. Robinson Sr. for his 35 years of faithful service to the church. The public is invited to the celebration at 3 p. m. Sunday at1255 Louise St. , Baton Rouge. Chabad at LSU…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (355+ words) Rabbi Peretz Kazen shows the wine glass use in the drinking of four glasses of wine as he prepares for seder at Chabad, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La. In any honest discussion of faith in the modern world, there…...