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By Andrew Adler Community Editor For more than three decades at Congregation Adath Jeshurun – working with three rabbis, preparing dozens of Bar and Bat mitzvah students, leading services for High Holidays, untold Shabbat mornings, plus many regular holidays and … Read More
By Sara Klein Wagner Milestones celebrated with family and friends are part of our Jewish tradition. Last Shabbat, family and friends spent the morning at Adath Jeshurun celebrating the “bride and groom,” Phyllis and Michael Shaikuns’ 60th wedding anniversary. We … Read More
On the cusp of retiring after 42 years with Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Rabbi Robert B. Slosberg was honored Sunday (May 28) at the synagogue, along with two retiring colleagues: Melton School co-director Deborah Slosberg (his wife) and 35-year synagogue administrator … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor On Monday, April 17, the Trager Family JCC will join the rest of the world in observing Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day. The hour-long ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. and will unfold on the … Read More
By Lisa Hornung For Community A hot, beautiful, sunny day greeted about 2,000 guests at the Israeli Street Fair on Sunday, May 15, at the Traeger Family JCC. “We’ve been hearing raves all day long,” said Tricia Kling Siegwald, who … Read More
D’var Torah Cantor David Lipp Why do bad things happen to good people? Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote a whole book (however slim) inspired, in part, by portions like the one we read this weekend. It concludes the book of Leviticus … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor For there is always light, If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. … 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 “I’m a slow walker, but I never walk backward.” — Abraham Lincoln Three hours before Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, and Kamala Harris as Vice President, Louisville … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor With the country entering what will likely be the darkest months of the coronavirus pandemic, a local Jewish educator and musician has been contracted to develop programming to help the community through this time. Jeff … Read More