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Synagogues stay essential as buildings stay closed

Human Resources Lee Chottiner As Community has reported online and in this printed edition, most of Louisville’s synagogues have elected not to reopen just now. Their decisions are in line with what many congregations nationwide are doing in response to … Read More >

Latest News June 2, 2020

I knew a COVID stat; his name was Barry

Human Resources Lee Chottiner As of last weekend, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 had surpassed 50,000 – the highest in the world – and I had not known a single one of them. Until Sunday. That was when Barry … Read More >

Latest News April 26, 2020

Vote WZC because you care – you really do

Human Resources Lee Chottiner Every year, there are fewer Jews who recall a time when there was no State of Israel. Fewer who recall the Holocaust, the decimation of European Jewry and attempts by survivors to enter (often illegally) British … Read More >

Latest News January 31, 2020

Most Jews are not single-issue voters

Human Resources Lee Chottiner I have a fraternity brother who likes to debate me on a host of issues. We never agree. No matter what we’re discussing, though, he invariably breaks off, changes the subject and asks me, “but don’t … Read More >

Latest News December 20, 2019

‘Three-state solution’ could be key to peace

  Human Resources Lee Chottiner When Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, a co-founder of Roots, spoke to a capacity crowd at a Nov. 10 Temple program, he was careful not to stake out a political position for his organization. After all, Roots, … Read More >

Latest News November 22, 2019

Remembering Pittsburgh for philo-Semitism

Human Resources Lee Chottiner Recently, after a program at my synagogue, I ducked into the Highlands Kroger to pick up a carton of milk before going home. I walked briskly to the dairy case, selected my item, then lined up … Read More >

Latest News October 31, 2019

Kentucky’s greatest mitzvah at risk

Human Resource Lee Chottiner Isaac W. Bernheim has been gone for more than 70 years, but his greatest legacy lives on – literally. Now, it is threatened. I’ll get back to that. The Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest turned 90 … Read More >

Latest News September 27, 2019

Message from Facebook: Remember Walter

Human Resources Lee Chottiner I was sitting at my workstation, typing away on my PC when a Facebook message flashed on the lower righthand corner of my screen: “Walter Boninger has a birthday today.” He would have, if he had … Read More >

Latest News July 26, 2019

Israel a hot spot for plastics pollution

Human Resources Lee Chottiner There’s too much plastic in the world. It’s choking marine life, sucking the air out of oceans, carpeting beaches – even entire islands – and generally turning the world into a galactic landfill. It’s an Israeli … Read More >

Latest News June 20, 2019

A small step for a woman, a giant leap for Judaism

Human Resources Lee Chottiner At the risk of sounding as though I’m crowing, something that I actually called for in print is going to happen. (Yes, I’m human; I have flaws. Don’t judge me too harshly.) Seriously, last year around … Read More >

Latest News May 28, 2019

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