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By Andrew Adler Community Editor How can you not love a TikTok feed called @GrandmasGoNoshing? Especially when said bubbes are two sisters, Margie Berman Kohn and Jane Berman Kreinik, who’d recently been prowling the Upper East Side of Manhattan in … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor The University of Louisville’s Philosophy Department recently gained a new assistant professor. So did UofL’s Jewish Studies program. They are the same person: Michael A. Portal. “My position is a little bit peculiar,” acknowledges Portal, … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor The latest in a series of periodic explorations looking at whether Louisville’s two Conservative synagogues should merge resulted – as have previous looks – in what amounts to a single word: No. “We regret to … Read More
By Stuart Lowrey Regional Security Advisor As the 2025 High Holidays approach, our shared goal is for every member of the Louisville Jewish community to engage fully, safely, and with confidence. As your Regional Security Advisor, I work jointly for … Read More
By Abigail Goldberg Teen Director The 2025 JCC Maccabi Games in Tucson, and the 2025 JCC Maccabi Campus Games in Pittsburgh showcased the incredible talent, sportsmanship, and camaraderie of Jewish youth from across North America and around the world. This … Read More
By Rabbi Chaim Litvin As we prepare to close the year and enter the new one, the Torah reading offers us a timeless message. In Parshat Nitzavim we read: Atem nitzavim hayom kulchem lifnei Hashem Elokeichem (“You are all standing … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Nearly two years after the horrific events of October 7, 2023, it would be easy — instinctive, even — for any observance of that anniversary to emphasize themes of abject pessimism. But that’s not … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor It was long ago, inside a second-grade classroom somewhere in 1920s Chicago, when a girl named Bernice Spitz caught the art bug. “Her teachers gave her crayons and paper, and she just never stopped after … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor The Nearly New Shop, a fixture in the lower level of Mid City Mall since 1988, announced today (Tuesday, Aug. 26) that it would close permanently effective Sept. 30. Established in 1956 as the … Read More
By Rabbi Ben Freed We have two major fast days in Judaism: Tisha B’Av and Yom Kippur. We gather on Yom Kippur in our synagogues and temples, including many Jews who do not observe other holidays or come often on … Read More