By Andrew Adler Community Editor Beth Salamon, State Policy Advocate Chair at the Louisville chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women, has been elected to the NCJW’s national board. Salamon has long and deep experience in community affairs. She … Read More
By Matt Golden Director, Jewish Community Relations Council Today (May 25) the White House issued a comprehensive strategic plan to counter antisemitism in this country (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/U.S.-National-Strategy-to-Counter-Antisemitism.pdf The approach is being coordinated across a number of different actors — public, … Read More
By Matt Golden Director, Jewish Community Relations Council We are in a time of crisis. As I write this on, less than two weeks have passed since a man walked into the Old National Bank, here in our hometown, … Read More
The Jewish Federation of Louisville, Jewish Family & Career Services, the Jewish Community Relations Council, congregations Adath Jeshurun, Anshei Sfard, Chabad of Kentucky, Keneseth Israel, The Temple Adath Israel Brith Sholom, Temple Shalom, the Louisville Board of Rabbis and Cantors … Read More
We at the Jewish Community Relations Council, as part of the Jewish Federation of Louisville, express our profound disappointment and sadness over the passage of SB 150, the most far-reaching anti-Trans law in our nation. That our legislature would interfere … Read More
By Matt Golden Director, Jewish Community Relations Council I should not have to write an article about what to do if your middle schooler is the subject of hate. Yet in the four short months that I have been in … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Ben Freed had barely settled into his role as Keneseth Israel Congregation’s new rabbi last spring when the email landed in his inbox. It had what seemed a routine request: Would he mention to his … Read More
The imperative is clear: Build, nurture and expand relationships between Jewish and Black community groups. So goes the mission of the Louisville Orchestra’s “Journeys of Faith” series, which marks its second year with a performance March 11 at the Kentucky … Read More
By Community Staff Matt Golden knows what makes Louisville tick. He has spent much of his career winding the watch. The Louisville lawyer spent 25 years in the Jefferson County attorney’s office, doing everything from vice to DUI prosecutions, to … Read More
JCRC Scene Matt Goldberg Our sacred books are replete with rules and guidelines for all sorts of activities and behaviors that govern our religious life. They told us how high to build altars for sacrificing animals. They told us how … Read More