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Writer: Charlotte Anthony

August 27, 2012
1:41 am

The former home of the Beth Israel congregation in New Orleans. The building was heavily damaged in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. (photo credit: CC BY Jewish Women's Archive, Flickr)

The Big Easy celebrates a new synagogue, community rejuvenation and Orthodox-Reform bonds

New Orleans Jewry marks seven years since Katrina with revitalized amity within the community

By Charlotte Anthony

July 25, 2012
4:36 pm

Actor Christian Bale, second right, and his wife Sibi Blazic, right, place flowers on a memorial to the victims of the mass shooting,in Aurora, Colorado. (photo credit: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Denver-area Jews mourn, seek to help massacre victims

Citing their unfortunate experiences with terror through a strong connection with Israel, all streams of Denver’s Jews are leading initiatives to support their community

By Charlotte Anthony

July 18, 2012
3:53 am

A chapter from 'A Guide For Sephardic Immigrants in America,' which was published in New York in 1916, written in Ladino. (photo credit: Courtesy of Isaac Azose/JTA)

Losing Ladino: A lone academic bids to salvage the legacy of an historic Sephardi language

While Yiddish has more than 3 million speakers worldwide, fewer than 150,000 people still speak Ladino. A new grassroots organization is gathering Ladino source materials — before they are lost forever

By Charlotte Anthony

July 15, 2012
7:38 pm

Left to right: R-Mission members Robin Burger, Roni Bibring, and Yonina Teitelbaum at inaugural event on June 3, 2012. (photo credit: R-Mission/JTA)

R-Mission, a new network for youth in remission, is ‘for survivors by survivors’

In a new spin-off from Chai Lifeline, Jewish cancer survivors are finding the understanding they need

By Charlotte Anthony

June 29, 2012
3:37 am

Participants in the Hazon Cross-USA ride biking across Montana, June 2012. (photo credit: Courtesy Hazon/JTA)

Liberty and food justice for all

On a 10-week ride from Seattle to Washington, DC, Hazon Cross-USA Ride participants will visit 70 Jewish communities, ‘sharing resources in an equitable way’

By Charlotte Anthony and Debra Rubin