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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
Jewish Louisvillian honors COVID victims on website A Jewish Louisville poet has founded a web-based organization honoring the memory of Kentucky’s COVID-19 victims. Martha Greenwald says her organization, WhoWeLostKy.org, which encourages families and friends to share their memories as a … Read More
[by Emily Levin] For a decade, the Jewish Community of Louisville’s B’nai Tzedek has been one of the prime programs to help candidates for bar and bat mitzvah learn to become philanthropists. Today, it is managed by the JCL’s Jewish … Read More
[by Shiela Steinman Wallace] From July 27-August 12, attention was riveted on London as the world’s greatest athletes competed for gold, silver and bronze medals. Although it might have escaped your attention, there was another major athletic competition much closer … Read More
[by Phyllis Shaikun] After a hiatus of five years from the Maccabi Games, the Jewish Community Center Louisville is coming back strong and sending a dozen young athletes to represent our Jewish community in the 2012 Games to be held … Read More
Attention Teens, Grades 9-12! Join us August 17-19, for a weekend of camping fun at the great Camp Livingston in beautiful, Southeast, Indiana. Weekend highlights include such fun activities as pool and lake swimming, a low ropes challenge course, Havdalah … Read More
[by Phyllis Shaikun] In her capacity as director of youth services at the Jewish Community Center for the past three years, Julie Hollander wears many hats, including the cap she dons each summer as director of the Center’s summer camp … Read More
[by Shiela Steinman Wallace] There are many people who contribute their time and resources to ensure that there is a strong Jewish community in Louisville. Among them is a much smaller group who devote many hours to this cause and … Read More
Young people who became philanthropists by starting B’nai Tzedek Funds are invited to a dinner in their honor on Wednesday, May 23, at 6 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center auditorium. The invitation is also extended to their immediate family … Read More
When Ohio native Julie Kursh moved from Cincinnati to Louisville in September, she was eager to become involved in the Jewish community. She had been active with Cincinnati’s Access program that sponsored “tons of events” for young Jewish professionals, and … Read More
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