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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
The following is an open letter to the community from the Jewish Federation of Louisville: Dear Friend of the Federation: The last several days have reminded us that, as much as we would have liked for the COVID pandemic to … Read More
By Lisa Hornung For Community Daughter of Holocaust survivors and a refugee from communist Hungary, Suzi Weiss-Fischmann has learned much from her early days. She has put that experience to work as the “First Lady of Nails” and co-founder of … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Jewish leaders have begun an initiative to improve the way Jewish Louisville educates its children and teens. The Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence (JHFE) and the Jewish Federation of Louisville are partnering on the community-wide … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor “I’m a slow walker, but I never walk backward.” — Abraham Lincoln Three hours before Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, and Kamala Harris as Vice President, Louisville … Read More
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