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By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Thirty years ago, when Slava Nelson lived in the Soviet Union, which included her native Ukraine, it was unlike any place most Americans have experienced. “It was not a country; it was a big prison,” … Read More
Rabbi Joshua Corber has been hired to be the next senior rabbi of Adath Jeshurun, the congregation announced Tuesday. Corber, who will start his new rabbinate on July 1, will be responsible for all rabbinic duties at AJ, but Rabbi … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Jalaludin and Razia Shirzad were mere children, growing up in the remote Afghan province of Nuristan when U.S. troops were deployed to the country in 2001. It was a simple life. Most people in the … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Jewish Louisville is helping to settle and acclimate new arrivals from Afghanistan as the city prepares to accept hundreds of people recently evacuated from the war-ravaged country. Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) is settling as … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor (Editor’s note: The following is an updated version of the lead story in the August 27 issue of Community, which includes new information about High Holy Day plans at Keneseth Israel and The Temple. The … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor (Editor’s note: This is a revised version of an earlier story; it contains new information throughout.) Earlier this summer, Louisville synagogues were throwing off the shackles imposed by a year-old COVID pandemic, opening their … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor When a gunman entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018, opening fire and killing 11 worshippers, Bari Weiss felt as though something important in America had changed. The Pittsburgh native … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor With COVID vaccination rates hitting record numbers nationwide and all people age 16 and up now eligible for the shots, Louisville’s synagogues are moving forward fast with plans to reopen. The Temple and Keneseth Israel … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Ari Lesser has no problem telling you what kind of Jew he is: “You know I’m a party Jew Ashkenazi-but-I-still-love-a-Sephardi Jew a fast-rapping Jew the toe-tapping Jew I’m-a-gonna-get-the-whole crowd-to-start-clapping Jew a free-thinking Jew l’chaim-drinking Jew … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Deborah Slosberg had no idea what was up when she Zoomed in January for Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning’s International Directors Conference. What was “up” was the Florence Melton Award. Named for the … Read More