✡ We Stand With the People of Israel ✡
By Sharon Udasin (JTA) — California could become the first state in the nation to consider “Jewish” an ethnic and racial identity, rather than just a religious affiliation. A groundbreaking bill, which was recently approved by the State Senate and … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor This past Nov. 22, four Israeli women – two Jewish and two Muslim — spoke to staff members at the Jewish Federation of Louisville and the Trager Family JCC. They were the latest delegation from … Read More
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Last December, in a column about the Jewish books of 2023, I predicted that “next year’s list will include a slew of books dealing with the crisis in Israel or will be read through the … Read More
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — WASHINGTON — There are 34 Jews in the incoming Congress, with a 35th likely to join in April. Should that candidate, Florida State Sen. Randy Fine, win his special election in Florida, that would mean … Read More
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — To advance his efforts to return Americans to the moon, President-elect Donald Trump is tapping a Jewish entrepreneur who has traveled privately to space himself. Jared Isaacman, 41, is the founder and CEO of Shift4, … Read More
By Jacob Gurvis (JTA) — Most of the time, as the senior rabbi of Temple Beth-El in San Antonio, Rabbi Mara Nathan’s focus is on Jewish families. But this week, she’s finding herself thinking about Christian ones, too. That’s because … Read More
By Aimee Berg (JTA) — PARIS — Eight decades ago, the Grand Palais of Paris seesawed between hosting propaganda of the occupying Nazis and, after liberation, one of the first exhibitions chronicling the Nazis’ crimes against European Jews. Now, it’s … Read More
The Jewish Federation of Louisville is shocked and saddened by the death of Paul Kessler, a 69-year-old Jewish man who was killed Sunday (Nov. 5) at a pro-Palestinian rally in Thousand Oaks, Calif. We understand that the incident is being … Read More
By Ben Sales This is a developing story. (JTA) — A Jewish man has died after a pro-Palestinian protester struck him in the head with a megaphone on Sunday, according to the local Jewish federation. The altercation occurred at a … Read More