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Each year’s Yom HaShoah community-wide Holocaust commemoration program is special in its own way. While each inspires awe and reverence, this year’s program provided an educational component as well that made the familiar feel new again. This year’s Jewish Community … Read More
When the movie Woman in Gold was released last year, awareness of the efforts by Jewish families to recover valuable art looted by the Nazis during World War II was elevated substantially. The movie told the story of Maria Altmann’s … Read More
“A million-and-a-half children all just disappeared. And I carry that around whenever I speak,” Fred Gross told a room of nearly 150 people at the Louisville Free Public Library on Thursday, February 4. Gross was describing his experience as a … Read More
The Louisville Free Public Library will host the traveling exhibit Anne Frank: A Private Photo Album, developed by the Anne Frank House and sponsored in North America by The Anne Frank Center USA. The exhibit consists of 71 photographs compiled … Read More
Assistant Director of Camping and Youth Services Mike Steklof traveled to Israel for 10 days in October as part of his Merrin Teen Professional Fellows Program for some intensive programming. One of just 15 professionals working with teens chosen from … Read More
BBYO Shabbat to Remember Louisville BBYO hosted 40 members of the local Jewish community at BBYO’s Global Shabbat, themed A Shabbat to Remember, this November 6-7. Among the participants was Fred Gross, who shared his story of struggle and perseverance, … Read More
(see photos below) The Interfaith Chanukah Party hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council broke all records and saw more than 250 attendees, leaving many guests in standing room only. The party featured a farewell to Terry Taylor, outgoing executive … Read More
Terrorism in Israel At 7 a.m. Jerusalem time on Tuesday, November 18, two terrorists from East Jerusalem burst into a synagogue in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem and killed four people wounding several others, with axes, knives and a … Read More
Each Holocaust survivor’s story is unique and each has found a way to live with the memories. Some have been sharing their experiences for years, hoping that by doing so they can promote tolerance and understanding. Others, who have been … Read More
This year’s community-wide Yom HaShoah program, sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council, Pouring Out the Heart: Learning from Personal Stories of the Holocaust will be Monday, April 28, at 7 p.m. at the Kentucky Center for the Arts, in … Read More
Monday – Thursday: 9 a.m. -7 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.