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By Lee Chottiner Community Editor After a week of protests in cities around the world – sometimes violent – in the wake the death of George Floyd, area rabbis are planning to address what led up this horrific act and … Read More
Rabbi Stanley Miles will be the High Holy Day rabbi at Keneseth Israel this fall, the congregation announced Thursday. “Rabbi Miles has a long history with Keneseth Israel and the Jewish Community of Louisville,” KI President Joan Simunic and Executive … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Melanie House-Mansfield became the target of fear tactics at an early age – shortly after her birth, in fact. “My grandmother (living in England) was called up and she was told if my mother kept … Read More
Human Resources Lee Chottiner As Community has reported online and in this printed edition, most of Louisville’s synagogues have elected not to reopen just now. Their decisions are in line with what many congregations nationwide are doing in response to … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor A Jewish Louisville theatrical director and his colleagues from around the country are making Jewish-themed dramatic readings available to the public during the coronavirus pandemic. David Chack, of the ShPIeL Performing Identity, is also a … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor No Jews have been elected to the Kentucky General Assembly since 2013. Are they missed? It’s an open question whether Jewish representation in state legislatures is relevant in the 21st century, when organized religion is … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor (Editor’s note: This is a developing story, which will be updated as events warrant.) Jews joined thousands of other Louisvillians this past weekend, protesting the violent deaths of Breonna Taylor, shot by police in her … Read More
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