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By Andrew Adler Community Editor There’s lots of energy associated with the Jewish Federation of Louisville’s Annual Campaign, and nowhere is this more apparent than on Super Sunday. This year’s telethon gets under way Sunday, Feb. 4 at 10 a.m., … Read More
By staff and releases Former Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson has joined the University of Louisville Board of Trustees. Abramson, who attended his first meeting of the board in September, was named to the panel in late July by Gov. Andy … Read More
By staff and releases Louisville businessman Craig Greenberg, a Democrat, announced his candidacy for mayor Wednesday, entering a growing field that already includes three other candidates. If he wins, it will mark the return of a Jewish Louisvillian to the … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Three days after the fire that gutted the old Keneseth Israel synagogue at the corner of Floyd and Jacob, Jerry Abramson visited the site. He walked around the building, surveying the damage to the place … Read More
More than one year before the new Jewish Community Center of Louisville opens its door, its staff and executives did a walk-through of the new building Friday, Jan. 8 – a virtual walkthrough. Staff members called in to a Zoom … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth knows that the compassion President-elect Joe Biden showed during his campaign is genuine. He has seen it up close and personal – twice. And both times involved a Kentuckian. The first … Read More
After two years of raising money to build the new Jewish Community Center, one thing has definitely stuck with Jerry Abramson: People were almost unanimously willing to give. “We have made an enormous number of calls and had face-to-face meetings,” … Read More
Though Kentucky’s Jewish population is comparatively small, Daniel Grossberg nevertheless believes it’s important to have at least one Jewish representative in the state legislature. Right now, there are none. “If you’re not at the table, then you’re on the menu,” … Read More
In announcing that the Jewish Community of Louisville is closing in on its $40 million goal to start construction on the new J at Dutchmans Lane, Sara Klein Wagner couldn’t help but draw parallels to the festival of Sukkot. At … Read More
Twenty-eight volunteers reached out and touched someone at the Jewish Federation of Louisville’s Community Telethon 2019 on Sunday, Jan. 27, at The J. The annual event generates pledges for the Federation to support Jewish services and agencies here and worldwide. … Read More
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