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THE BEST OF THE ™ CHANUKAH 2015/5776 Happy Chanukah ™ SPONSORED BY SAVE LET’S BREAK “corn” BREAD THE DATE!!!! TOGETHER! THE 2ND ORIGINAL RED BEANS &RICE COOK-OFF! MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 Labor Day, 12:00 pm — 4:00 pm Macky Bean with 2015 judge, IRMA THOMAS! DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED ON OUR WEBSITE – www.crescentcityjewishnews.com AFTER THE CARNIVAL SEASON! TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 Chanukah greetings 4-5 Best of May 6-8 9-11 The winning Red Beans & Rice Cook-Off team from Hadassah is seen with celebrity judges Irma Best of June Thomas (far left) and Victory Belle Cristina Perez and Valerie Sassyfras at (far right). CCJN mascot Macky Bean (second from left) is holding Hadassah’s fi rst place trophy. 12 “WE LIVE, WORK Hirschfeld Age (Exclusive) AND PLAY HERE!” Best of July 13-16 t was fi ve years ago, with the encour- We additionally started our own Jewish En- agement of our Jewish friends and dowment Fund administered fund – Zachor family, that we began our business and (“Remember”) New Orleans – to raise funds marketing plan to develop a website that would aid in the digitization of prior 17-18 for the benefi t of the Greater New community news publications like The Jewish Best of August IOrleans Jewish community. Encouraged by Ledger and The Jewish Civic Press. We de- Federation offi cials, we met with a bevy of veloped our 1st Original Red Beans and Rice local individuals from multi-generational Cook-off because we wanted to raise more New Orleans Jewish families and Federation funds for our Zachor fund. We were ap- 19-21 representatives. We even reached out to one preciative for the support, the teams and the Best of September of our sister media to promote each other’s large number of individuals who attended the new coverage proactively. We were always event. Next Labor Day, September 5, our transparent and open about our intentions. goal is to feed more than 300 locals and have We hoped that everyone could work together the best “Kosher” Beans in town! Make Best of October 22-25 cooperatively. Unfortunately, that dream has plans to attend, because nothing is better or never been realized. We have found ourselves more New Orleans than a Monday with red wrongly criticized as being competitive to beans and rice! other media or the Federation’s own website. Again, it’s important we emphasize that 26-29 We believe such characterizations are wrong. the Crescent City Jewish News is a website Best of November We are a news portal website that has never (www.crescentcityjewishnews.com). We pro- attempted to compete with Federation or vide continuous Jewish news coverage (except to replace other media. Meanwhile, we will for Shabbat and holidays) with relevance to continue to be a strong independent voice the local New Orleans Jewish community. 30-31 for the benefi t of the local Jewish community And one thing more: we live, work and play Allen Toussaint Tribute wheresoever dispersed. here. The Crescent City Jewish News was Yes, we do have three print publications started with a mission statement and goals. that complement our site per year. However, They are clearly stated and can be found we need to emphasize that should not take 32-38 prominently displayed on our website. Our away any focus on us as a news website. Obituaries/Death Notice major focus was and still is to document our Want to help us? 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They are Shaya ascended to the dais to accept pal chef at Domenica Restaurant considered the “Oscars” of the restaurant his award, a medal in the image of in the Roosevelt Hotel, Pizza Do- and food writing world. James Beard. He immediately thanked menica and the recently-opened For the past 25 years the awards his wife, fellow co-workers and ad- Israeli and Middle Eastern ceremony had been held at Lincoln Center ditionally he got a chance to express Cthemed restaurant Shaya, won the top honor in New York. This year, however, through his gratitude to the citizens of New as the James Beard Award recipient as Best the efforts of Jewish Chicago Mayor Orleans. He expressed appreciation for Chef of the South Region Rahm Emanuel the venue moved to the being warmly embraced in the commu- Shaya beat out a slate of other nomi- Chicago Lyric Opera House. It will be nity for the last 12 years. nees including fellow New Orleanian Chef held in Chicago for the next two years.