By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Like many other Americans, Michael Masters followed the news about the Feb. 14 attempted assassination of Louisville mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg. However, Masters, a career security expert, saw the incident from a far different perspective. … Read More
In a departure from the way the Jewish Federation of Louisville runs its Annual Campaign, the JCL has announced that there won’t be campaign chairs this year. Instead, it is try a new leadership model for the fundraising effort – … Read More
The dark around us, come, Let us meet here together, Members one of another, Here in our holy room, – From X, by Wendell Berry What else would the greatest Kentucky poet extant do when accepting an award from the … Read More
Ben Vaughan didn’t need to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to know that civil rights remains a volatile issue in America. The 36-year-old electrical engineer from Louisville is knee-deep in the struggle right here in Kentucky. “I’m … Read More
Leon Wahba will serve as chair of the 2016 Federation Campaign and he knows he has a big job ahead of him that involves recruiting a strong team of volunteers to help him. Keren Benabou and Laurence Nibur have stepped … Read More
Growing up in Bowling Green, Ben Vaughan didn’t get the opportunity to engage with other Jewish children or the larger Jewish community. When he moved to Louisville, he jumped at the chance to work with the Jewish community in Louisville … Read More
OXON HILL, MD, November 11, 2014 – There were the vice president of the United States, two Supreme Court justices and an Academy Award-winning actress with a compelling Jewish story. There were Jewish professionals, lay leaders, clergy and recent college … Read More
OXON HILL, MD, November 11, 2014 – There were the vice president of the United States, two Supreme Court justices and an Academy Award-winning actress with a compelling Jewish story. There were Jewish professionals, lay leaders, clergy and recent college … Read More
Can Jews in their 20’s, 30’s and 40’s socialize, have some fun and come together to do extraordinary things that make the world a better place? Yes, and that is just what will happen at the 2014 YAD Campaign Casino … Read More
[by Shiela Steinman Wallace, Editor] Outgoing Jewish Community of Louisville President David Klein called the JCL’s 2013 Annual Meeting to order on Monday, June 3, at the Jewish Community center, welcoming the community to a celebration of the accomplishments of … Read More