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By Andrew Adler Community Editor Anyone who still harbors doubt as to the sheer vehemence of worldwide antisemitism need only have been on Sydney, Australia’s Bondi Beach during the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. In what was to be … Read More
By Rabbi Yoni Rudansky Last year, I wrote a D’var Torah in these pages. Many of you commented and enjoyed it, and I appreciated that (as my Zaidy used to say, “Flattery will get you…Everywhere!”). But it was premature. My … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor If you’re age 18-35 and wonder why you should head over to the Trager Family JCC this coming January 21 or 28 to run a cotton swab along the insides of your cheeks, consider the example of … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor For more than three decades at Congregation Adath Jeshurun – working with three rabbis, preparing dozens of Bar and Bat mitzvah students, leading services for High Holidays, untold Shabbat mornings, plus many regular holidays and … Read More
By Ann Glazer Niren Guest Columnist Life at the Filson is busy, with programs, presentations, and donations— oh my! I recently had the pleasure of giving a talk to the women of Hadassah about their collection at the Filson. I … Read More
By Rabbi Avrohom Litvin I am writing these words while sitting among more than 5,000 of my fellow Chabad Shluchim at the International Conference of Chabad Emissaries in New York. It is a sight that defies description. Rabbis and community … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Jessie Gindea’s exceptionally deep experience as a Jewish educator can be summarized in three of her favorite words: joy, awe and gratitude. “Those are three concepts that guide everything I do in life,” she says, … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor On a recent October afternoon, nearly a dozen high school students were gathered in the first-floor Fleischaker-Greene Community Room at the Trager Family JCC. They were waiting to hear from a pair of guest speakers: … Read More
By Rabbi Scott Hoffman Between 2018 and 2025, I moved from Long Island to suburban Philadelphia, then to suburban D.C., then to New Orleans, then back to suburban D.C. before arriving in Louisville in May. I’ve learned to make the … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor If a word-association game began with klezmer, the next phrase out of any Louisvillian acquainted with that genre of celebratory Jewish folk music would likely be Lost Tribe. Established 15 years ago, Lost Tribe Louisville’s … Read More