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NEW YORK (JTA) — The book is large and fits comfortably on a lap. The color photographs nearly fill each page. Each image depicts real people doing everyday Jewish things — a young girl eating matzah ball soup; a bubbe and … Read More
Donors are the focus of the 2017 Federation Campaign, as we provide thoughtful stewardship, exceptional donor experiences and personalized interactions. We strive to gather feedback from you and adjust accordingly in order to do meaningful outreach. We convened several gatherings … Read More
Keneseth Israel will support an initiative to allow Conservative congregations to admit non-Jews as members. The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), is expected to take up the question next month. Currently, the USCJ’s Standards for Congregational Practice restrict membership to Jews. … Read More
Long before Marianne Zickuhr came to work at The J, she was already a well-known face around the center. She appeared in several CenterStage productions including, Big Fish and Rocky Horror Picture Show. (She’s especially proud of the latter, noting … Read More
As a big city mayor and presidential staffer Jerry Abramson learned an important lesson about the White House: “Real estate matters.” More specifically, office space matters. Going back to the Reagan administration, Abramson, 70, the mayor of Louisville for 21 … Read More
Raanan Hershberg was 13 when he stood on the bima at Congregation Adath Jeshurun reading his bar mitzvah speech and thanking his mother, “because without her, I wouldn’t be here.” The line elicited unintended laughter from the congregation and Hershberg … Read More
Holding hands, praying for peace, parading in frigid temperatures, more than 50 of Louisville’s faith-based leaders, including several Jews, gathered at the Louisville Islamic Center on Friday, February 3 — the Muslim sabbath — to form a “circle of love” … Read More
Barbra Streisand has forever been entwined with Fanny Brice, star of the Ziegfeld Follies in the 1920s, ever since she appeared in the play Funny Girl in 1964. Like Brice, Streisand is not a classical beauty, but she fit the … Read More
A Jewish Louisvillian who suffers from Crohn’s Disease joined a press conference Wednesday in Washington called by Senate Democrats to highlight the adverse impact of repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Amy Shir said she was diagnosed with Crohn’s when … Read More
Susan Stein has performed her one-woman play, Etty, at Yad Vashem in Israel and before the archbishop of Canterbury in England. She has reprised it at high schools, religious sites and behind prison walls where inmates have given her unique feedback … Read More