njwdev | An online exhibition celebrating Jewish Women's Leadership for the NOLA Tricentennial

l'dor v'dor

Jewish Women and Their Impact on New Orleans

L’dor v’dor is Hebrew for “from generation to generation,” the traditional Jewish imperative to pass learning and values to one’s progeny. The concept is central to this exhibition in which we recognize the hard work and accomplishments of multiple generations of Jewish women who enriched the whole of the city of New Orleans.

These Jewish women, and others like them, worked in a vibrant mix of causes, connections, and intergenerational mentoring to respond to the needs of the greater community. In so doing, they helped secure funding for public television, created parks in public spaces, developed day care centers, fought for civil rights and reproductive freedoms, and rebuilt the city post-Katrina. They also led their families, ran businesses, produced art, aided artists, and gathered together to honor others.

l'dor v'dor

Jewish Women and Their Impact on New Orleans

L’dor v’dor is Hebrew for “from generation to generation,” the traditional Jewish imperative to pass learning and values to one’s progeny. The concept is central to this exhibition in which we recognize the hard work and accomplishments of multiple generations of Jewish women who enriched the whole of the city of New Orleans.

These Jewish women, and others like them, worked in a vibrant mix of causes, connections, and intergenerational mentoring to respond to the needs of the greater community. In so doing, they helped secure funding for public television, created parks in public spaces, developed day care centers, fought for civil rights and reproductive freedoms, and rebuilt the city post-Katrina. They also led their families, ran businesses, produced art, aided artists, and gathered together to honor others.

l'dor v'dor

Jewish Women and Their Impact on New Orleans

L’dor v’dor is Hebrew for “from generation to generation,” the traditional Jewish imperative to pass learning and values to one’s progeny. The concept is central to this exhibition in which we recognize the hard work and accomplishments of multiple generations of Jewish women who enriched the whole of the city of New Orleans.

These Jewish women, and others like them, worked in a vibrant mix of causes, connections, and intergenerational mentoring to respond to the needs of the greater community. In so doing, they helped secure funding for public television, created parks in public spaces, developed day care centers, fought for civil rights and reproductive freedoms, and rebuilt the city post-Katrina. They also led their families, ran businesses, produced art, aided artists, and gathered together to honor others.

l'dor v'dor

Jewish Women and Their Impact on New Orleans

L’dor v’dor is Hebrew for “from generation to generation,” the traditional Jewish imperative to pass learning and values to one’s progeny. The concept is central to this exhibition in which we recognize the hard work and accomplishments of multiple generations of Jewish women who enriched the whole of the city of New Orleans.

These Jewish women, and others like them, worked in a vibrant mix of causes, connections, and intergenerational mentoring to respond to the needs of the greater community. In so doing, they helped secure funding for public television, created parks in public spaces, developed day care centers, fought for civil rights and reproductive freedoms, and rebuilt the city post-Katrina. They also led their families, ran businesses, produced art, aided artists, and gathered together to honor others.

l'dor v'dor

Jewish Women and Their Impact on New Orleans

L’dor v’dor is Hebrew for “from generation to generation,” the traditional Jewish imperative to pass learning and values to one’s progeny. The concept is central to this exhibition in which we recognize the hard work and accomplishments of multiple generations of Jewish women who enriched the whole of the city of New Orleans.

These Jewish women, and others like them, worked in a vibrant mix of causes, connections, and intergenerational mentoring to respond to the needs of the greater community. In so doing, they helped secure funding for public television, created parks in public spaces, developed day care centers, fought for civil rights and reproductive freedoms, and rebuilt the city post-Katrina. They also led their families, ran businesses, produced art, aided artists, and gathered together to honor others.

Arts

New Orleans Jewish women made major contributions in the arts—as artists, photographers, curators, art historians, collectors, and of course, as promoters of others, especially in the field of music.

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Education

Jewish tradition stresses the concept of tikkun olam, literally, “repair of the world.” New Orleans Jewish women applied this concept broadly in working to address the city’s educational needs.

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Social Justice

Over the past century in New Orleans, Jewish women have worked on immigration issues, civil rights, and women’s rights. They became dynamic leaders at the forefront of every major change that has shaped a more inclusive, just, and international city.

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Civic Enrichment

This section demonstrates the leading roles and the far-reaching influence of Jewish women on the social, physical, and political landscape of the city.

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