Frank and Barbara Weisberg recently opened their home to kick off the Capital Campaign for the new J and expanded campus at Dutchmans Lane. The future facility, which will serve Jews and non-Jews alike from across Louisville, will raise funds … Read More
In celebrating Israel’s 70th anniversary, the Jewish Federation of Louisville and The J are holding a series of lectures about Israel and innovation. This series, named the Israel at 70 Innovation Series, will include five events, which will take place … Read More
The five community leaders who will be the faces of the JCL’s transformational Capital Campaign to raise funds for the future J and an expanded Dutchmans Lane campus say now is the time to move forward with the next chapter … Read More
The beauty of the Jewish calendar is the flow from season to season, from holiday to holiday – from festival to festival. One of the months is Elul, a time of reflection that began on August 12 and leads up … Read More
Melton, AJ Israel Seminar Louisville Melton and Adath Jeshurun are co-sponsoring the Biblical In-Sites Israel seminar from July 8 to 18, 2019. The seminar will be an on-site textual encounter with patriarchs, matriarchs, kings, prophets, soldiers, judges, and the land … Read More
Here are some scenes from this year’s Republic Bank Players Challenge.(Community photos by Tara Cocco)
For the first time in more than a decade, The Republic Bank Players Challenge at the Standard Club was almost rained out. Ironically, the special gift for each player at this year’s event, which took place on June 25, was … Read More
A Louisville Metro councilwoman said she would vote to overturn the city’s historic landmark designation for the Anshei Sfard synagogue. Barbara Sexton Smith made her position known Tuesday during a meeting of council’s planning, zoning & annexation committee to review … Read More
By staff and wire reports Jewish Louisville joined other national Jewish organizations last week in responding to Israel’s new law that enshrines in Israel’s quasi-constitutional Basic Law that the country is the nation-state of the Jewish people. In a statement … Read More
The 2017-18 Annual Campaign set some high bars for success: $2 million in donations, a jump in first-time givers. Mission accomplished on both counts. In an exit interview on the just-completed campaign. Co-chairs Jerry and Madeline Abramson and Ariel and … Read More