By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Kentucky lawmakers should have swiftly rebuked one of their colleagues for making bizarre (and false) antisemitic statements during a House floor debate on an anti-abortion bill Wednesday. Instead, about two hours passed before anyone spoke … Read More
By staff and releases With the brutal invasion of Ukraine completing its second day, with Russian forces closing in on the capital city, Kyiv, Ukrainian Jews here are watching the situation unfold in their country, aghast at what is happening … Read More
By Community Staff Matt Goldberg is leaving the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), but he won’t be going far. Goldberg, who has served as JCRC director for 11 years is moving into a new position at the Federation: director of … Read More
By Community Staff The Jewish Federation of Louisville’s 2021-22 Annual Campaign will be donor-centric and data-driven as it aims to reach new donors and reconnect with old ones. The campaign will also place great emphasis on sharing with donors the … Read More
A new Habitat for Humanity house, built with help from Jewish Louisville, was dedicated on Oct. 16 at Oboe Drive. Temple Shalom and the Jewish Federation of Louisville supported the project and contributed volunteer builders. Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner offered … Read More
Brandeis University will officially launch its 2021 demographic survey of Jewish Louisville on Monday, Oct. 18. The survey, which is co-sponsored by Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence (JHFE) and the Jewish Federation of Louisville, is intended to provide a better … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Jewish Louisville is helping to settle and acclimate new arrivals from Afghanistan as the city prepares to accept hundreds of people recently evacuated from the war-ravaged country. Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) is settling as … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor While women in Jewish Louisville have occupied leadership roles for many years, Shannon Rothschild thinks plenty of untapped potential remains. It merely takes the right kind of programming to tap it. “My goal is to … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor The three federations that border the Kentucky congressional district of U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie have criticized his tweet comparing COVID-19 safety measures to the Holocaust. “The only thing that’s comparable to the Holocaust is the … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor In a move that should produce a valuable tool for planning the community’s future, the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence (JHFE) and the Jewish Federation of Louisville have commissioned a comprehensive population study. Preliminary work … Read More