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By Matt Golden Director, Jewish Community Relations Council Over the past 40 days or so, I have had the opportunity to be in a lot of places. I have attended gatherings and I have spoken to groups. I have given … Read More
By Matt Golden Director, Jewish Community Relations Council A week or so ago, JCRC member Ben Vaughan and I attended the West Louisville Forum. One of the two panelists was J. Michael Brown, Director of Constitutional Studies at Simmons College, … Read More
By Matt Golden My family and I took a vacation to Maine a week or so ago, right before my children’s school year started. This is not, however, a vacation story. This is a story about a peculiar form of … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Two of Louisville’s most dynamic Jewish professionals have been selected to be part of Leadership Louisville’s Class of 2024. Matt Golden and Jaime Jorrisch are among 62 members of the 45th Leadership Louisville Class, with … Read More
By Matt Golden Director, Jewish Community Relations Council We are in a time of crisis. As I write this on, less than two weeks have passed since a man walked into the Old National Bank, here in our hometown, … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor There’s a moment in composer Joel Thompson’s “To Awaken the Sleeper” where a whirlwind of instrumental chaos gives way to noble figures in the horns — what Thompson describes as “a clarion call, a prophetic vision” … Read More
By Matt Golden Director, Jewish Community Relations Council I should not have to write an article about what to do if your middle schooler is the subject of hate. Yet in the four short months that I have been in … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Ben Freed had barely settled into his role as Keneseth Israel Congregation’s new rabbi last spring when the email landed in his inbox. It had what seemed a routine request: Would he mention to his … Read More
By Community Staff Matt Golden knows what makes Louisville tick. He has spent much of his career winding the watch. The Louisville lawyer spent 25 years in the Jefferson County attorney’s office, doing everything from vice to DUI prosecutions, to … Read More