After months of planning, Louisville is ready to host visitors from Israel’s Western Galilee and the Partnership 2Gether Central Consortium that includes the Jewish communities in Canton, Dayton, Toledo and Youngstown, OH; Indianapolis, Northwest Indiana and South Bend, IN; Des … Read More
Last year, the Jewish Foundation of Louisville launched the Community Impact Grants program to make funding from the unrestricted endowment available to Jewish community agencies to provide support for programmatic needs. Peter Resnik, chair of the Foundation Committee, announced that … Read More
In January, I attended the weeklong International Directors Conference of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning in Jerusalem, Israel. At the opening dinner, I was one of two Melton directors awarded “International Director Certification – Recognition of Achievement” … Read More
As part of the Louisville Jewish/Israeli Author Series, Palestinian-Israeli author Sayed Kashua will present “The Foreign Mother Tongue: Living and Writing as a Palestinian in Israel” and sign books at the Chao Auditorium in the Ekstrom Library at the University … Read More
Over $100,000! That’s how much we’ve raised toward our goal of $120,000. With your generous contributions the JCC staff has: • Built beautifully renovated locker rooms • Ordered new seating for our auditorium (and a new curtain is coming as … Read More
(see full photo gallery below) On December 7, he Louisville Jewish/Israeli Author Series brought Ari Shavit, the author of My Promised Land in to speak at Adath Jeshurun at an event sponsored by Adath Jeshurun and co-sponsored by Temple Shalom. … Read More
Donations now total more than $80,000 Thank you! Thanks to generous contributions from many of our members to the Meet the Challenge campaign, needed improvements are underway throughout the JCC. The renovated locker rooms are open; new chairs for CenterStage … Read More
The Jewish Foundation of Louisville is pleased to announce awards from the current round of Community Impact Grants. The program was reinstituted this year, making available $25,000 in general funds and $11,900 designated for youth education. The Temple was awarded … Read More
(see full photo gallery below) The Jewish Federation of Louisville’s Million Dollar Dinner on Saturday, December 13, at the Standard Club lived up to its name and attracted a festive crowd of more than 200 to celebrate the community successfully … Read More
New Orleans comes to Louisville at this year’s YAD Annual Event January 24 at the Ice House. Billy Goat Strut Revue, a Louisville band that channels New Orleans jazz, but with a Kentuckian’s mode de vie, will play the event. … Read More