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By Andrew Adler Community Editor The Jewish Federation of Louisville has hired Trent Spoolstra, currently Associate Regional Director of Anti-Defamation League Midwest, as the new director of the Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council. He takes over early next month from … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Ralph Green, a prominent Louisville oral surgeon with long and deep service with the Jewish Federation of Louisville, has been elected to Jewish Federations of North America’s national Board of Trustees. “I’ve been very active … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor I don’t know what possessed me to turn on my TV on this particular Saturday afternoon. Maybe it was benign boredom, or perverse curiosity about what Donald J. Trump would be saying during a rally in … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor It was entirely fitting that Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg introduced Marcia Roth – the recipient of this year’s Blanche B. Ottenheimer Award – at the Jewish Community of Louisville’s Annual Meeting this past June 25. … Read More
By Matt Golden I think the following X (formerly Twitter) quotes speak for themselves: “Whatever political entities Jews/Israelites historically had in Palestine were marginal entities. [A footnote in human history. Real change makers in the region Arabs, Persians, Greeks, etc. … Read More
By Sara Klein Wagner Yes, I admit I have babies on the brain. I have always been told that the birth of a grandchild is one of the most special and instantaneous joys a person can know. That was confirmed … Read More
By Thomas Wissinger “I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and sunny days.” – Henry David Thoreau Each year after the Kentucky Derby, when the days become longer and hotter, and the calendar turns to June, I … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor When rockets threaten, sometimes all you can do is laugh. Case in point: The several dozen listeners present at Congregation Adath Jeshurun for a recent Shabbat kiddush lunch, having duly consumed their smoked salmon and various … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor We wanted to share some accounts of how our Annual Campaign and similar initiatives have improved the lives of our fellow Jews here and in Israel. So as the Annual Campaign draws to a close, … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Twenty years ago, an idea bubbled up that would significantly alter the course of Jewish philanthropy in Louisville: Organize a golf scramble that would benefit not one, but two foundational organizations, Jewish Family & … Read More
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