By Andrew Adler Community Editor Sara Klein Wagner — President & CEO of the Jewish Federation of Louisville and the Trager Family JCC and responsible for Camp J, this Community Paper, and a membership of more than 10,000 people — … Read More
By Matt Golden Director, Jewish Community Relations Council A week or so ago, JCRC member Ben Vaughan and I attended the West Louisville Forum. One of the two panelists was J. Michael Brown, Director of Constitutional Studies at Simmons College, … Read More
We are horrified by the murders in Jacksonville, Florida on Aug. 26. Our federal partners have since briefed us (along with many other communities), but it is clear that the murderer was fueled by pure hatred of Black people with … Read More
By Matt Golden My family and I took a vacation to Maine a week or so ago, right before my children’s school year started. This is not, however, a vacation story. This is a story about a peculiar form of … Read More
By Sara Klein Wagner Happy Birthday to the world: 5784 years and wishing many more. Birthdays can be big occasions, and the birthday for the world deserves to be especially meaningful. I love how one of the most beautiful elements … Read More
By Gab Melendez Having grown up within Louisville’s Jewish community and spending a large portion of my childhood at the old Jewish Community Center, I thought I had a solid understanding of the innerworkings of the facility and community. … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Abigail Goldberg – Teen Director & Philanthropy Outreach at the Trager Family JCC and Jewish Federation of Louisville – is among 17 recipients of 2023 Merrin Teen Professional Fellowships. The program is funded by grants … Read More
Jewish Federations of North America has issued the following statement regarding the wildfires that have ravaged the Hawaiian island of Maui: As you have likely seen on the news, wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have devastated communities on that … Read More
By Amy Fouts For Community When I first started working for the JCC and Federation back in 2012, I learned about Partnership2Gether (P2G) and how it connects 17 cities in the U.S. with Israel’s Western Galilee region and Budapest, Hungry. It’s … Read More
By Sara Klein Wagner In a recent conversation with Keneseth Israel Rabbi Ben Freed, he shared that his experience at Camp Young Judaea motivated his desire to become a rabbi. We smiled and bonded, as many overnight Jewish summer camp … Read More