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By Andrew Adler Community Editor It is no exaggeration to say that American Jews have seldom, if ever, been more ideologically polarized than they are today – especially when the subject is Israel. “We’re probably at the most fraught time … Read More
By Rabbi Ben Freed We have two major fast days in Judaism: Tisha B’Av and Yom Kippur. We gather on Yom Kippur in our synagogues and temples, including many Jews who do not observe other holidays or come often on … Read More
By Sara Klein Wagner In a recent conversation with Keneseth Israel Rabbi Ben Freed, he shared that his experience at Camp Young Judaea motivated his desire to become a rabbi. We smiled and bonded, as many overnight Jewish summer camp … Read More
On the cusp of retiring after 42 years with Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Rabbi Robert B. Slosberg was honored Sunday (May 28) at the synagogue, along with two retiring colleagues: Melton School co-director Deborah Slosberg (his wife) and 35-year synagogue administrator … Read More
The imperative is clear: Build, nurture and expand relationships between Jewish and Black community groups. So goes the mission of the Louisville Orchestra’s “Journeys of Faith” series, which marks its second year with a performance March 11 at the Kentucky … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Managing Editor As the community continues to emerge from the two-year-old COVID-19 pandemic, Keneseth Israel has revised its weekday minyan policy to tighten conditions under which Zoom worshippers may be counted towards the religiously required quorum of … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Managing Editor “We used to help refugees because they were Jewish. Now, we help them because we are Jewish. – Mark Hatfield, CEO of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) In other words, Jews know what it’s … 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
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Jewish Louisville is helping to settle and acclimate new arrivals from Afghanistan as the city prepares to accept hundreds of people recently evacuated from the war-ravaged country. Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) is settling as … Read More
D’var Torah Rabbi Ben Freed No athlete would show up to a big game without practicing. Actors, dancers and musicians spend countless hours rehearsing before they perform for a crowd. And yet, as Jews we often think that we are … Read More