✡ We Stand With the People of Israel ✡
By Rabbi Scott Hoffman Far and away the most confounding part of the Jewish calendar occurred this past week and the previous one. We observed Yom Ha-shoah, the day of Holocaust Remembrance, and marked the greatest tragedy in the four-thousand-year history of our people last … Read More
By Rabbi Matt Derrenbacher One of the best-known texts from the entire Torah is the Sh’ma: וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּכׇל–לְבָבְךָ֥ וּבְכׇל–נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכׇל–מְאֹדֶֽךָ: “Hear/Listen/Understand, Israel, Adonai is our God, Adonai is One” (Deuteronomy 6:4). The Sh’ma is recited every single day, once … Read More
By ShinShinim, Kyla and Eden Guest Columnists Hi everyone! We’ve had such a meaningful and exciting month, and we’re so happy to share all that’s happened — and all that’s still to come. The month began with our incredible Hour … Read More
By Thomas Wissinger As we’ve just celebrated Passover, I’m sure many of you were looking forward to the traditions that you have established with your family and friends. Maybe you host everyone for a Seder dinner, or maybe it is … Read More
By Sara Klein Wagner For the past few years, several cohorts of community volunteers and professionals have spent countless hours of discussion, planning and dreaming focused on Jewish education in Louisville. This week, a newly formed board charged with creating … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor I can always tell Passover is approaching because of the spike in ostensibly related emails cascading into my inbox. Example: A few days ago, the good people over at Manischewitz sent me a press release … Read More
By David I. Klein (JTA) — For Michal Stamova, the challenge of translating Passover’s core text into Ukrainian started with the title. The haggadah — the book containing the Passover story — starts with an “h” sound in both Hebrew, its original … Read More
D’varTorah Rabbi Ben Freed During the Passover seder, we use one of the rarer names of God: “םוקמה” Ha’makom. This name of God literally means “the place,” and its two best-known uses are in seder and at Shiva minyans when … Read More
D’var Torah Rabbi David Feder The seasons have turned. The cold and ice of winter have given way to warmth and showers of spring, and with it our festival of spring, Chag HaAviv, Pesach. Last Pesach was the first major … Read More
Community is interested in how you celebrate your seder this year. Virtually? In person? What are you doing to make your seder different, meaningful and cool? Send us a brief description to [email protected].