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By Andrew Adler Community Editor If you spot two young women striding through the Trager Family JCC with the energy and purpose characteristic of late teenagerhood while exchanging sentences in rapid-fire Hebrew, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered our latest … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor The Blanche B. Ottenheimer Award, which is the highest honor the Jewish Community of Louisville can give, is presented annually to a leader (or leaders) who have made a real difference – improving the quality … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor In just a few weeks, two extraordinary young women named Kyla and Eden will close out their year as Louisville’s first-ever ShinShinim — Israeli teen emissaries with an ongoing imperative to showcase the joyous character … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor It was a snowy, frigid February morning, the kind of weather that makes a teenager want to crawl back into bed and be thankful that school has been cancelled in favor of hot chocolate and … Read More
By Alison Roemer Senior Director of Jewish Journeys and Experiences A Note From the Editor: 2024 marks the inauguration of The Jewish Federation’s participation in the ShinShinim program. Shinshinim, an acronym for “Year of Service” in Hebrew, brings Israeli young … Read More
By Laura Arfa, Alison Roemer and Gab Melendez Guest Columnists The PJ Library International Conference took place in Springfield, Massachusetts on April 8 – 10, 2024. The theme of this year’s conference was Simcha (Joy). Thanks to our partnership … Read More
By Lisa Hornung For Community Nationwide, kids missed plenty of camp this summer, forced to stay at home by the coronavirus pandemic. In Jewish Louisville, though, some of those campers are finally getting some good news. Kids who secured camp … Read More
By Lisa Hornung For Community Jewish Louisville, hungry for some kind social gathering amid a coronavirus surge, got what they wanted Sunday, July 26, in a retro sort of way: a drive-in movie. About 100 people from the Jewish Community … Read More
The Temple has announced that Alison Roemer, director of The Temple Trager Early Childhood Education Center, will assume additional responsibilities as the director of the congregation’s Religious School and Hebrew. Her new title is director of education. Roemer has worked … Read More
[By Alison Roemer, Director] The Pre K and Kindergarten classes at The Temple Trager Early Childhood Education Center have been busy helping the community this year by participating in a good deed, or Mitzvah project, each month. During the month … Read More