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By Lisa Hornung For Community Daughter of Holocaust survivors and a refugee from communist Hungary, Suzi Weiss-Fischmann has learned much from her early days. She has put that experience to work as the “First Lady of Nails” and co-founder of … Read More
JCRC Scene Matt Goldberg Our sacred books are replete with rules and guidelines for all sorts of activities and behaviors that govern our religious life. They told us how high to build altars for sacrificing animals. They told us how … Read More
Human Resources Lee Chottiner American Jews owe a debt of gratitude to the First Amendment. Arguably, no other amendment to the Constitution has kept us as safe in this country, nor has protected our rights, as much as the one … Read More
This is the third in a series of photo galleries made possible by the Louisville Jewish Archives Committee. The panel is seeking help from Community readers to identify photos from its collection, which depicts 100 years of Jewish life in … Read More
Community is interested in how you celebrate your seder this year. Virtually? In person? What are you doing to make your seder different, meaningful and cool? Send us a brief description to community@jewishlouisville.org.
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor When Bill Altman signed on last March to advise Louisville Metro Mayor Greg Fischer about COVID testing, the city – and the world – were in a very different place. The coronavirus, which causes COVID, … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor When the Jewish Community of Louisville commissioned pianist and composer Harry Pickens to write a piece celebrating the new Jewish Community Center, that’s exactly what they got: a celebration. Pickens debuted the five-minute celebratory composition, … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Three days after the fire that gutted the old Keneseth Israel synagogue at the corner of Floyd and Jacob, Jerry Abramson visited the site. He walked around the building, surveying the damage to the place … Read More
Guest Columnist Melody Muhlrad (This article that first appeared on Kveller.) The horrifying shootings in Atlanta, in which six women of Asian descent were killed, came at a time of alarming xenophobia and bigotry against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor In a stark reminder that the coronavirus pandemic is still taking its toll, the March 6 super welterweight title fight in Louisville between Rabbi Yuri Foreman and Jimmy Williams was postponed when Foreman rapid-tested positive … Read More
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