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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
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor In Fauda, the hit Israeli drama series, an elite unit of Israeli Shin Bet agents operates in Palestinian cities, breaking up terrorist rings and thwarting dark operations. But two of its co-stars, Boaz Konforty and … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor As authorities restored order to the U.S. Capitol following its three-hour takeover Wednesday by a lawless mob, Louisville rabbis sought to counsel and comfort worshippers who were feeling a range of emotions and likely never … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor The son of a founder of the terrorist organization Hamas said Jews should be allowed to worship on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem – in their own worship space. Speaking on the Sunday Night Live … Read More