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First off, tell us your name, where you’re from, and how long you’ve lived in Louisville. My name is Jennifer Tuvlin. My family moved to Louisville in 1980 when I was almost 9 years old. I moved away for undergraduate … Read More
By Rabbi David Ariel-Joel What is the biggest challenge for our community in Louisville, Kentucky? How can we meet this challenge? There is a wonderful debate in the Babylonian Talmud asking: What is the most important principle of Judaism? What principles should … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor There are plenty of opportunities in Louisville to swing a golf club, in venues ranging from the poshest, most precisely groomed courses to the least luxurious fairways in a neighborhood park. But few offer the … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor On a recent June morning, a cohort of teacher-leaders and facilitators from across Kentucky gathered at the Trager Family JCC for the 13th and final workshop organized by the UK-JHF Holocaust Education Initiative. Like previous editions, the … Read More
Over the past several months, more than 100 members of Louisville’s Jewish community have participated in something both deeply personal and profoundly communal: practicing how to better disagree with one another. What began as a series of training sessions and facilitated conversations during the … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Almost three and a half years ago – January 23, 2023 to be exact – Community published a story looking at how the Jewish Heritage Fund was supporting college-level Jewish Studies programs as they evolved across Kentucky. … Read More
There’s battle lines being drawn Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong – “For What It’s Worth” (Stephen Stills/Buffalo Springfield) By Andrew Adler Community Editor This was not an optimal week to be shopping at the Park Slope Food Co-op. Founded almost exactly 50 years ago and boasting … Read More
By Ranen Omer-Sherman Guest Columnist For generations of scholars and general readers, Sander Gilman’s thought-provoking studies (he has authored or edited over a hundred books to date) are regarded as essential resources. Indeed, the academic field of Jewish Studies … Read More
By Rabbi Shani Abramowitz For nearly all 49 days of the Omer, I am simultaneously blessed with and plagued by one persistent question: How do we unlock and open the doors to our tradition, whittle down barriers, and make our shuls more open, expansive, … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor “This is a very crazy story – it’s not going to be something that you guys will hear normally.” So went the provocative introduction to an even more provocative presentation by Shawn Balva, who on … Read More