By Lee Chottiner Community Editor By the thousands, workers nationwide in Jewish communal organizations have been furloughed or laid off outright, victims of the coronavirus pandemic and its economic decimation of institutions. Now, career counselors and social workers from Jewish … Read More
As the coronavirus persists, Jewish Louisville continues to ramp up its community service work. Since the beginning the social isolation, the Jewish Federation of Louisville has provided meals on wheels to seniors, Jewish Family & Career Services (JFCS) continues to … Read More
Guest Columnist Amy Shir When the coronavirus pandemic reached Louisville, its low-income residents and very small businesses were among the hardest hit. They endured business closures, job losses and the elimination of child care and schooling for their kids. These … Read More
(Editor’s note: This is a developing story that will be updated as news warrants.) Since 1972, the Adath Jeshurun Music Festival, Jewish Louisville’s largest singing and performing arts event, drawing cantors, soloists and singing groups from around the country, has … Read More
Boasting four times more space, the Sonny & Janet Meyer Food Pantry at the Jewish Family & Career Services “reopened” Sunday, Jan 26, amid a ceremony drawing more than 100 people from across Louisville. Though already well stocked for the … Read More
As the Trump administration steps up efforts to find and deport undocumented immigrants, the effects of the crackdown are being felt in Louisville. The Jewish Family & Career Services says many of its clients – all here legally, to JFCS’s … Read More
The 2019 Republic Bank Players Challenge brought together 90 golfers and 51 card players for a day on June 24 at Standard Club. While the tournament had to be cut short because of rain, everyone involved reported having had a … Read More
Jewish Louisville finally has an action plan for moving the worship community – and perhaps the community as a whole – forward. Rosov Consulting, the California-based firm that was retained about a year ago to do a synagogue sustainability study, … Read More
Fred Gross was a young newspaper reporter working at the New Haven (Connecticut) Journal Courier in 1966 when he got a phone call from some local “back activists.” They invited Gross to a meeting at a public housing project in … Read More
A technology entrepreneur, professional violinist and music teacher, healthcare professional and community leader, social entrepreneur and women’s advocate, and a journalist who chronicled the 60’s through the prism of the Holocaust will be recipients of the 2019 Mosaic Awards. These … Read More