Announcing the 2019-2021 Katz-Phillips Leadership Class The Federation’s Katz-Phillips Leadership Development Program, formerly known as Lemann-Stern, has been in existence since 1960. A year and a half in length, the class meets monthly. Sessions deal with Jewish American history, social action, leadership, and more. Graduates of the program have served on the boards of every Jewish agency, synagogue and organization in our community, and have used the knowledge gained from the program to benefit the wider New Orleans community as well. Congratulations to the 2019-2021 Katz-Phillips class, which is our community’s largest class in thirty-five years:
Josh & Casey Denson | Mitch Frank | Harris Golden & Ashley Barriere Eric & Jillian Greenberg | Nicole Harvey | Adam Kancher & McKensie Kirchner Andy & Paige Katz | Dana Keren | Stefan Kostolitz Ben & Megan Lowenburg | Chandler & Chelsea Nutik | Sarah Schatzmann Derek Shanman & Elise Henry | David Shepard | Sami Slovy | Aran Toshav & Rebecca Friedman Brian Weimer | Joshua & Julia Zuckerman | Max & Lorenza Zwain Joining the class as advisors are Julie Green and Mark Mintz. To learn more about the Katz-Phillips program, please contact Sherri Tarr at sherritarr@jewishnola.com.
Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans & JP NOLA Statement on DC Dyke March’s Ban on Jewish Symbols The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans and JP NOLA, our Jewish Pride program, are proud to join A Wider Bridge, the JCRC of Greater Washington and Zioness in their condemnation of the leadership of the DC Dyke March’s decision to ban the Star of David on a Pride flag and Israeli symbols at this Friday’s DC Dyke March. Collectively, we stand for unity, inclusion and diversity, including equal and fair rights for our LGBTQ members and partners, and the DC Dyke March leadership’s position conflicts with all of these important principles. The singling out of Israel, a lone voice in the Middle East region in combating discrimination against the LGBTQ community, is contradictory to all of our collective efforts—including the DC Dyke March leadership—to fight against such discrimination and bigotry. Henry Miller, Federation Chairman Arnie D. Fielkow, Federation CEO Dr. Marc Behar, JP NOLA Chairman Bradley Bain, Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) Chairman (Editor’s note: The entire Jewish community was invited to join JP NOLA and Touro Synagogue to march in the New Orleans Pride March on Saturday, June 8, to demonstrate the power of intersectionality and inclusivity.) June 2019 • The Jewish Newsletter
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