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Welcome to Freyhan Foundation! |
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The wonderful historic Julius Freyhan School stands as a monument to early education in the St. Francisville area and to the significant contributions made by the early Jewish community. Constructed just after the turn of the 19th century with contributions from wealthy merchant Julius Freyhan, it was used by several generations of students until the 1950's. Some of the earliest pupils rode horseback from homes in the surrounding countryside, and at least one even rowed across the Mississippi River every day to attend classes. |
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JULIUS FREYHAN FOUNDATION
Presents
MATZOH BALL GUMBO *
“A Symposium on Jewish Life in the
Lower Mississippi River Valley”
Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 9 o’clock a.m.
West Feliciana Parish Court House
Ferdinand Street, St. Francisville, LA
Cost $20 per Person
Speakers:
Dr. Stuart Rockoff, ISJL
Dr. Charles Isbell, LSU
Anne Butler, Author
Catherine Kahn, Author and Archivist
Project Director:
Noelle LeBlanc
Includes Lunch with Recipes
from Matzoh Ball Gumbo*
*From MATZOH BALL GUMBO: CULINARY TALES
OF THE JEWISH SOUTH by Marcie Cohen Ferris.
Copyright © 2005 by Marcie Cohen Ferris.
Used by permission of the University of North Carolina Press.
www.uncpress.unc.edu
For online reservations: Click Here (coming soon) More information call 225-635-6330
This program is funded under a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily represent the views of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Entergy Louisiana's Contribution
Renae Conley, President & CEO of Entergy Louisiana, LLC & Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC presented Entergy's corporate gift to Julius Freyhan Foundation in the development of a Community and Cultural Center.
Pictured: (left-right) Renae Conley and Nancy Vinci
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