New Orleans

At my congregation in New Orleans, I teach an adult beginner Hebrew class. There are many different types of students ...

Here’s a lesson for Jewish kids I came across this December — which is a pretty good lesson for adults, ...

I have always derived great pleasure from personal prayer during worship services. Spirituality is core to my identity; the journey ...

“Um, Rabbi? Don’t you feel a little bit weird with a cross on the back of your car?”I fielded this ...

In our corner of the world, Temple Sinai of New Orleans and The St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church have been ...

The parades of Mardi Gras are a communal event. It isn’t unusual for folks to begin gathering in their favorite ...

What makes our home Southern and Jewish?  If you were blindfolded and brought into my home, it wouldn’t take you ...

What’s Jewish about… The N’awlins phrase “Where Y’At?” Eating cheese grits soufflé in Alexandria, Louisiana? Cheering “Roll Tide” on Wednesday, ...

We hear a lot about “interfaith” and “outreach” programming. In fact, I spend a lot of my time promoting it. ...

Hurricane Katrina (and the man-made disaster of the levee breaks) struck Louisiana and Mississippi seven years ago today, with devastating ...