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e Best of the Crescent City Jewish News TM SOURCE2017-2018 / 5778 Bett er than Chicken Soup: Arts & Culture • Business & Professional Medicine and Charit� Community Resources • Education Entertainment • Goods & Services in New Orleans Health & Fitness • Jewish Holidays Lifecycles • Religious Life Annual Guide to Jewish Living in New Orleans and North Shore Award Winning Annuals THE BEST OF THE ™ CHANUKAH 2014 / 5775 Crescent City Jewish NewsTM SOURCE2014-2015 / 5775 Arts & Culture Our Best of the Business & Professional Community Resources Education Entertainment THE BEST OF THE Goods & Services New Orleans Holocaust Memorial by Yaacov Agam Photo by Hunter Thomas Photography Health & Fitness ™ Jewish Holidays Lifecycles Religious Life CCJN Publications Spring | Summer 2016/5776 THE BEST OF THE Annual Guide to Jewish Living in New Orleans and North Shore SOURCE Award ™ CHANUKAH 2015/5776 Crescent City Winning SOURCEJewish News Happy ChanukahTM Annuals 2016-2017 / 5777 SOURCE, a guide to Jewish living in Arts & Culture • Business & Professional THE BEST OF THE Community Resources • Education Entertainment • Goods & Services New Orleans and the North Shore Health & Fitness • Jewish Holidays Lifecycles • Religious Life THE BEST OF THE ™ Annual Guide to Jewish Living Yearbook, a year in review in New Orleans and North Shore YEARBOOK Crescent City Jewish NewsTM ™ SOURCE2015-2016 / 5776 Spring | Summer 2015/5775 Arts & Culture Business & Professional Community Resources Education Entertainment Goods & Services Health & Fitness TM Jewish Holidays e Best of the Crescent City Jewish News Lifecycles Religious Life Inside The Sydney And Walda Bestho Sculpture Garden In City Park (Pictured: Sorel Etrog’s Pulcinella) 2017-2018 / 5778 TM SOURCE Crescent City Jewish News SOURCE2013-2014 / 5774 Annual Guide to Jewish Living in New Orleans and North Shore Bett er than Arts & Culture Chicken Soup: Business & Professional Medicine and Charit� Community Resources Arts & Culture • Business & Professional Community Resources • Education Education Entertainment • Goods & Services in New Orleans Entertainment Health & Fitness • Jewish Holidays Goods & Services Lifecycles • Religious Life ™ Health & Fitness Jewish Holidays Lifecycles Religious Life Annual Guide to Jewish Living in New Orleans and North Shore Annual Guide to Jewish Living in New Orleans and North Shore TABLE OF CONTENTS SOURCE Introduction 4 Candlelighting Times 5 New Orleans Tricentennial Timeline 6 Holidays at a Glance 12 Listings 14 NOLA Entertainment 32 Baton Rouge 34 Touro Foundation 35 Arnie Fielkow Interview 36 Better Than Chicken Soup 38 CRESCENT CITY JEWISH NEWS Editorial & Advertising Offices 3810 Nashville Avenue • New Orleans, LA 70125 ™ Editorial Contact: [email protected] Advertising Contact: [email protected] Designer: Jessica Simon Crescent City Jewish News • SOURCE • 2017 3 INTRODUCTION 5478-5778 The City That Care Forgot Didn’t Forget To Care or many of you, this may be the first copy of one of the print publications of e Best of the Crescent City Jewish News that you Fwill receive in your mailbox. e Crescent City Jewish News is a website (http://www.crescentci- tyjewishnews.com), which was created expressly for the benefit of the Jewish community of New Orleans seven years ago. 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Wieder, Advertising and Marketing 4 Crescent City Jewish News • SOURCE 5778 CANDLELIGHTING TIMES SEPTEMBER MARCH 1 Starts 7:05 p.m. • 2 Ends 7:57 p.m. 2 Starts 5:42 p.m. • 3 Ends 6:37 p.m. 8 Starts 6:56 p.m. • 9 Ends 7:49 p.m. 9 Starts 5:47 p.m. • 10 Ends 6:41 p.m. 15 Starts 6:47 p.m. • 16 Ends 7:40 p.m. 16 Starts 6:51 p.m. • 17 Ends 7:46 p.m. Rosh Hashanah: 23 Starts 6:56 p.m. • 24 Ends 7:50 p.m. 20 Starts 6:41 p.m. • 22 Ends 6:39 p.m. 30 Starts 7:00 p.m. • 31 Ends 7:54 p.m. 22 Starts 6:39 p.m. • 23 Ends 7:31 p.m. Yom Kippur/Shabbat: 29 Starts 6:30 p.m. • 30 Ends 7:22 p.m. APRIL 6 Starts 7:04 p.m. • 7 Ends 7:59 p.m. 13 Starts 7:09 p.m. • 14 Ends 8:04 p.m. OCTOBER 20 Starts 7:13 p.m. • 21 Ends 8:09 p.m. 6 Starts 6:22 p.m. • 7 Ends 7:14 p.m. 27 Starts 7:17 p.m. • 28 Ends 8:14 p.m. 13 Starts 6:14 p.m. • 14 Ends 7:06 p.m. 20 Starts 6:06 p.m. • 21 Ends 6:59 p.m. 27 Starts 5:59 p.m. • 28 Ends 6:53 p.m. MAY 4 Starts 7:22 p.m. • 5 Ends 8:19 p.m. 11 Starts 7:26 p.m. • 12 Ends 8:24 p.m. NOVEMBER 18 Starts 7:31 p.m. • 19 Ends 8:29 p.m. 3 Starts 5:54 p.m. • 4 Ends 6:48 p.m. 25 Starts 7:35 p.m. • 26 Ends 8:34 p.m. 10 Starts 4:49 p.m. • 11 Ends 5:44 p.m. 17 Starts 4:45 p.m. • 18 Ends 5:41 p.m. 24 Starts 4:43 p.m. • 25 Ends 5:39 p.m. JUNE 1 Starts 7:39 p.m. • 2 Ends 8:38 p.m. 8 Starts 7:42 p.m. • 9 Ends 8:42 p.m. DECEMBER 15 Starts 7:45 p.m. • 16 Ends 8:44 p.m. 1 Starts 4:42 p.m. • 2 Ends 5:39 p.m. 22 Starts 7:47 p.m. • 23 Ends 8:46 p.m. 8 Starts 4:43 p.m. • 9 Ends 5:40 p.m. 29 Starts 7:48 p.m. • 30 Ends 8:47 p.m. 15 Starts 4:45 p.m. • 16 Ends 5:42 p.m. 22 Starts 4:48 p.m. • 23 Ends 5:45 p.m. 29 Starts 4:52 p.m. • 30 Ends 5:50 p.m. JULY 6 Starts 7:47 p.m. • 7 Ends 8:46 p.m. 13 Starts 7:46 p.m. • 14 Ends 8:44 p.m. JANUARY 20 Starts 7:43 p.m. • 21 Ends 8:40 p.m. 5 Starts 4:57 p.m. • 6 Ends 5:54 p.m. 27 Starts 7:39 p.m. • 28 Ends 8:35 p.m. 12 Starts 5:03 p.m. • 13 Ends 6:00 p.m. 19 Starts 5:09 p.m. • 20 Ends 6:05 p.m. 26 Starts 5:15 p.m. • 27 Ends 6:11 p.m. AUGUST 3 Starts 7:34 p.m. • 4 Ends 8:30 p.m. 10 Starts 7:28 p.m. • 11 Ends 8:23 p.m. FEBRUARY 17 Starts 7:21 p.m. • 18 Ends 8:16 p.m. 2 Starts 5:21 p.m. • 3 Ends 6:16 p.m. 24 Starts 7:14 p.m. • 25 Ends 8:08 p.m.