Rabbi Lucy Dinner was celebrated for her retirement after 32 years on the pulpit of Temple Beth Or with a New Orleans-themed Farewell Gala at the North Carolina Museum of Art, in honor of her hometown. The event began with a second line parade and the highlight of the evening was Rabbi Dinner receiving the Order of the Longleaf Pine from North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, a Temple Beth Or member.

This article originally appeared in the July 2025 issue of WALTER magazine.