New Orleans

Woman stands outside jazz club

Sandra Jaffe, who ran New Orleans’ celebrated Preservation Hall jazz clubs for decades, dies at 83

Jaffe and her husband, Allan, were considered pioneers and protectors of jazz in the city that gave birth to the genre.

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New Orleans building destroyed

Scattered by Hurricane Ida, the Jews of New Orleans prepare for High Holidays

“The community is a diaspora right now,” said one rabbi.

A car is seen under rubble

Hurricane Ida destroys one-time Jewish family’s residence that was Louis Armstrong’s second home

A Jewish tailor and junk dealer bought Armstrong’s first trumpet.

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Swastikas drawn on street in front of New Orleans Jewish cemetery

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New Orleans mayor elect walks back support of pro-BDS resolution she authored

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New Orleans City Council to reconsider boycott resolution

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New Orleans BDS activists claim city council resolution as a victory

The New Orleans JCC

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Bomb threat forces evacuation of New Orleans JCC

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Time anoints first-ever ‘Bacon Critic’ — and he’s Jewish

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Writer Calvin Trillin dishes about civil rights, Judaism and the art of reporting

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