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
In October it was the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. In April it was the Chabad of Poway near San Diego. Think a third attack won’t happen? The threat facing the Jewish community is real, so we must act … Read More
Ben Vaughan didn’t need to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to know that civil rights remains a volatile issue in America. The 36-year-old electrical engineer from Louisville is knee-deep in the struggle right here in Kentucky. “I’m … Read More
Rabbi Uri Regev delivered a bleak message to Louisville last week: Israeli Jews are facing a threat to their country’s future, and they need help. He wasn’t talking about an external threat from Hamas or Hezbollah. He meant internally, from … Read More
TEL AVIV, January 13, 2016 (JTA) – Israel’s government on Sunday approved a compromise to expand the non-Orthodox Jewish prayer section of the Western Wall, putting to rest the decades-long fight between Women of the Wall and Israel’s haredi Orthodox religious establishment. The deal … Read More
The General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) is one of the largest annual gatherings of Jewish leaders focused on the future of Jewish philanthropy, identity and education as well as topics like rising anti-Semitism, Israel and … Read More
Growing up in Bowling Green, Ben Vaughan didn’t get the opportunity to engage with other Jewish children or the larger Jewish community. When he moved to Louisville, he jumped at the chance to work with the Jewish community in Louisville … Read More
Crisis in Ukraine The past year has been a trying time for Jews all over the world as crises have affected our community to such an extent that the whole world has taken notice. War last year in Israel; violence … Read More
OXON HILL, MD, November 11, 2014 – There were the vice president of the United States, two Supreme Court justices and an Academy Award-winning actress with a compelling Jewish story. There were Jewish professionals, lay leaders, clergy and recent college … Read More
Louisville’s delegation of eight traveled to the Jewish Federations of North America’s annual conference, the General Assembly, last week. What an inspirational experience, being surrounded by thousands of like-minded people with similar aspirations: to build and sustain Jewish identity for … Read More