✡ We Stand With the People of Israel ✡
By Andrew Lapin (JTA) — Only one-third of American Jews say they identify as Zionist, even as nearly nine in 10 say they support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish and Democratic state, according to a new survey conducted … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor It was getting on in the early evening of Tuesday, Jan. 20, as Daniel B. Shapiro – U.S. ambassador to Israel during the Obama administration – was speaking to a capacity audience at the Trager … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Daniel Benjamin Shapiro is not exactly reluctant to share what’s on his mind. The former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, who will speak next month at the Trager Family JCC in an event presented by the Jewish Federation … Read More
By Andrew ADLER Community Editor For as long as I can remember, Thanksgiving was the only holiday on the secular calendar that our family celebrated with what could be termed traditional authenticity. Each November my mother would revert to something … Read More
By Beth Salamon, board chair of the Jewish Federation of Louisville and the Trager Family JCC; and Sara Klein Wagner, President & CEO of the Federation and the Trager Family JCC Earlier this month, we had the privilege and the … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Two years ago – just days after the horrific events of October 7, 2023 – a large banner was put up on one side of the Weisberg Family Lobby at the Trager Family JCC. Bearing … Read More
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — All 20 of the Israeli hostages still alive two years after being taken hostage by Hamas have returned to Israel, following an emotional morning that commanded the attention of Jews around the world who had … Read More
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Walking and chewing gum. Nixon and China. Fighting against the British in Palestine while fighting with the British in Europe. All are cliches signifying two seemingly contradictory actions that are possible — and potentially preferable … Read More
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Jewish organizations across the ideological spectrum offered cautious optimism following the announcement of the first phase of a Gaza peace agreement, expressing profound relief at the planned return of hostages living and dead and tentative … Read More
By Deborah Danan (JTA) — Two years after the Oct. 7 massacre, Israelis are moving into kibbutzim in numbers not seen for years, part of a deliberate effort to repopulate and rehabilitate communities devastated in the Hamas-led attack. The push … Read More