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Interfaith Paths to Peace has chosen Haleh Karimi as its executive director, and she is eager to build on the interfaith and peacemaking work of the organization’s founder, Terry Taylor, who retired earlier this year. Karimi has a deep understanding … Read More
Interfaith Paths to Peace’s Sixth Annual My Recipe for Peace dinner and fundraiser took place on Thursday, October 8, at The Temple. The event included music from John Gage, brief presentations from 10 leaders who shared their recipes for peace … Read More
The Talmud teaches that every generation should see itself as the generation that left slavery in ancient Egypt – as if they themselves had journeyed through the wilderness for 40 years before reaching their final destination. This is intended to … Read More
Guests from throughout Kentuckiana joined together on Saturday, October 17, for the 20th annual Doctors’ Ball, benefitting the Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation. More than 650 guests attended the event, which raised nearly $380,000. The proceeds of the event … Read More
The Louisville Section of the National Council of Jewish Women will award the David Richart Pathways to Justice for Children Award for 2015 to Courier-Journal staff writer Deborah Yetter on Wednesday, October 28, at 7 p.m. at The Temple. Yetter … Read More
Heaven Hill Brands, the nation’s largest, independent family-owned and operated distilled spirits supplier, was recognized over the weekend as Distiller of the Year in the Whisky Magazine Icons of Whisky – Americas awards. Additionally, the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience was … Read More
On October 1, 81-year-old Eva Kor, a well-known Holocaust survivor, spoke to a spellbound crowd at the Louisville Downtown Rotary Club. In 1944, she, her twin, Miriam, her mother, father and two older sisters were loaded onto a cattle car … Read More
The Vaad HaKashruth of Louisville and its promoter, Sasha Chack, hosted a kosher wine tasting on Friday, September 25, at Vines & Canines Wine Shop near the Douglass Loop. It was an opportunity for people to come together, from across … Read More
We often pay more attention to the beginning of a portion than its end. One of the things I like about the triennial cycle is that I am ‘forced’ to pay greater attention to all parts of each week’s portion … Read More