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The 2017-18 Annual Campaign set some high bars for success: $2 million in donations, a jump in first-time givers. Mission accomplished on both counts. In an exit interview on the just-completed campaign. Co-chairs Jerry and Madeline Abramson and Ariel and … Read More
Jane Goldstein came to the Jewish Federation of Louisville’s 2017 Campaign Kickoff bearing a folder full of newspaper clippings. The stories, from old issues of Community, reported on how she had served as campaign chair or co-chair in 2005 and … Read More
Dolores Levy Tells Her Story The Jewish Community Center has been part of Dolores Levy’s life since she and her husband, Raymond, z”l, came to Louisville and their first son was born nearly 60 years ago. “We came over to … Read More
There was a buzz of excitement in the air at the Jewish Hospital Rudd Heart and Lung Conference Center on Sunday, December 13, when Jewish community leaders arrived for the Stronger Together 2016 Federation Campaign Major Gifts dinner. This was … Read More
As the featured speaker at the Stronger Together 2016 Federation Campaign Major Gifts Dinner, Ambassador Dennis Ross’s lively presentation style and sense of humor kept his audience engaged as he discussed his book, Doomed to Succeed: the U.S.-Israel Relationship from … Read More
Gordon Calls on Everyone to Do One thing for Campaign The Jewish New Year is a time of fresh beginnings. On Rosh Hashanah, we seek a new beginning in our relationships with God. Many of us also make a new … Read More
Thank you. Two words I can’t say enough. Thank you: for reading this issue of Community, so you can be informed about what’s taking place throughout Jewish Louisville to our JCC Members, for supporting our facility with your membership to … Read More
(See charts below) Each year, at the close of the annual Federation Campaign, the Jewish Community of Louisville’s (JCL) Planning and Allocations (P&A) Committee, composed of dedicated lay leaders from across Louisville’s Jewish community, must decide how to allocate the … Read More
by Stew Bromberg Vice President and CDO Jewish Federation of Louisville PASSION: a strong affection or enthusiasm for an object, concept, etc. We all feel passion for something or someone. Generally this is not something we decide to do or … Read More
In Louisville, as in many communities across North America, passionate Jewish women step up as leaders. They want • to ensure that there is a Jewish community for their children; • to engage in doing mitzvot and working for tikkun … Read More