Jewish Connection Partnership
 

Louisiana

Metairie, Louisiana

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE

3330 West Esplanade Ave.
Suite 600
Metairie, LA 70002
(504) 831-8475
Fax: (504) 831-1130
Email: jfs@jfsneworleans.org
or courtney@jfsneworleans.org

Institutional Membership: 650 families
Percent Intermarried: members-NA; board-9%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Couples Support Groups; Counseling; Discussions on Intermarriage; Lectures on Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; Staff Sensitivity Training (if wanted); Interfaith Couples Group; Parents of Intermarrieds; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Jewish Childbirth Preparation; Interfaith Newly Engaged Marriage Prep Class; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Coutney Nathan, LCSW Outreach Coordinator

CONGREGATION GATES OF PRAYER (R)

4000 W. Esplanade
Metairie, LA 70002
(504) 885-2600
Email: RLoewy@GatesOfPrayer.org

Institutional Membership: 525 family units
Percent Intermarried: members - 15% ; board - 6%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Parents of Intermarrieds; Couples Support Groups; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Lectures on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Robert Loewy

New Orleans, Louisiana

TEMPLE SINAI (R)

6227 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 861-3693
Fax: (504) 861-3102

Institutional Membership: 950
Percent Intermarried: members - 25% ; board - 20%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Jews-by-choice; Interfaith Couples; Parents of Intermarrieds; Couples Support Groups; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Special Holiday Celebrations; Lectures on Intermarriage; Films on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn

TOURO SYNAGOGUE (R)

4238 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70125
(504) 895-4843
Fax: (504) 895-4843
Email: tsmail@tourosynagogue.com

Institutional Membership: 550 families
Percent Intermarried: members - Unknown; board - Unknown

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; Outreach Learners Shabbat; Staff Sensitivity Training; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Melton Mini-School; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Counseling.
Contact: Eileen Hamilton, Director of Education

Shreveport, Louisiana

NORTH LOUISIANA JEWISH FEDERATION

4700 Line Avenue
Suite 117
Shreveport, LA 71106
(318) 868-1200
Fax: (318) 868-1272
Email: NLJFED@BellSouth.net

Institutional Membership: 778
Percent Intermarried: members - 50%; board - 40%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; Outreach/Learners Shabbat; Discussion of Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Jews By Choice; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreacg Seder; Counseling, Extensive Adult Education.
Contact: Howard L. Ross, Executive Director.

B'NAI ZION (R)

245 Southfield
Shreveport, LA 71105
(318) 861-2122
Fax: (318) 861-7961

Institutional Membership: 293 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 8% ; board - 4%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion.
Contact: Kathy Folse, Outreach Chair.