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By Trent Spoolstra JCRC Director A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of joining other Jewish Community Relations Directors from across the country in the Jewish Council for Public Affairs Taste of Civil Rights tour of Atlanta. I’d spent many hours driving … Read More
By Lenae Price This year, the Trager Family JCC proudly celebrated 135 years of strengthening Jewish life in Louisville, honoring a legacy shaped by generations of members, families, and supporters. Our 135th Anniversary was woven into several of the Trager … Read More
By Sara Klein Wagner What was it like 90 years ago, 180 years ago, 300 years – when news took its time making its way throughout a town or village, much less across the globe? As I sit here on … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Evie Topcik was steeped in Judaism’s eternally resonant pages. If Jews are the “People of the Book,” she built a personal and professional life defined – literally – by books themselves. And when she passed away on May 7, … Read More
Madeline was interviewed by Samantha Simon Where are you currently putting your energy at this time in your life? Well, in a variety of areas. Outside of my family, I put my energy into Maryhurst, the Kentucky Center and the Red Cross, where I’ve been involved for over 35 years. I … Read More
By Amy Joseph Landon Senior Director of Marketing and Communications For so many in our community, the past 135 years of the JCC have been filled with memories of sports, from the games played to the friends made along the … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Before Yael Karrie became Rabbi Yael Karrie, she was a young woman growing up during the 1990s in the Israeli city of Haifa amid a family environment that was unabashedly secular. True, there was a … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Daniel Benjamin Shapiro is not exactly reluctant to share what’s on his mind. The former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, who will speak next month at the Trager Family JCC in an event presented by the Jewish Federation … Read More
By Lenae Price VP & Chief Philanthropy Officer The Jewish Federation Annual Campaign is the single most powerful way to strengthen Jewish life in Louisville, Israel, and around the world. When we give together, our impact multiplies. Together, we … Read More
By Andrew ADLER Community Editor For as long as I can remember, Thanksgiving was the only holiday on the secular calendar that our family celebrated with what could be termed traditional authenticity. Each November my mother would revert to something … Read More