By Lee Chottiner Community Editor As authorities restored order to the U.S. Capitol following its three-hour takeover Wednesday by a lawless mob, Louisville rabbis sought to counsel and comfort worshippers who were feeling a range of emotions and likely never … Read More
JCRC Scene Matt Goldsberg The 2020 election, which feels like it has gone on forever, should nevertheless be a source of pride for Americans, who exercised their right to vote in staggering numbers. This election saw the largest turnout in … Read More
JCRC Scene Matt Goldberg In a step supported by President Donald Trump, the Israeli government did something unprecedent last week, denying entry to two sitting U.S. congresswomen, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. We believe, as does … Read More
A shooting at a Chabad synagogue in Poway, a city in San Diego County, California, left one person dead and multiple people injured, including a child. Police there detained a white 19-year old San Diego man in connection with the shooting, … Read More
President Donald Trump, who left Vietnam Thursday after failing to reach a deal on denuclearization with North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un, said he believes Kim was not aware that American Jewish college student Otto Warmbier was in such bad shape. Warmbier was … Read More
This is the story of two proposed states of emergencies, neither or which was declared, though one still might be. The one that might be declared is President Trump’s threat to declare a state of emergency to do an end … Read More
(Editor’s note: On Wednesday Community published a letter signed by 47 National Jewish organizations to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielson, opposing the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy and the forced separation of parents and children.Since … Read More
WASHINGTON — Amos Yadlin likes talking about the Begin doctrine, which calls for removing existential threats to Israel before they are manifest — maybe because he lived it twice. As an Israeli Air Force pilot, Yadlin flew one of the … Read More
Jewish Louisvillians were among the thousands of people to pack the plaza of the Muhammad Ali Center Monday night to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order barring citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. The Rally … Read More
Mark Lamkin may know more than most about what kind of president Donald Trump will be. After all, Trump once fired him. Lamkin, 47, co-starred in season four of the NBC reality show The Apprentice. He lasted eight weeks before … Read More