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By Rabbi Stanley Miles I have always loved classic American musical theater. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were exemplars of this genre for much of the 20th mid-century. Every Rodgers and Hammerstein musical began with a beautiful rousing … Read More
More than 20 community members gathered at the Glenview on Sunday, Nov. 14, to help the Jewish Community of Louisville Archives Committee identify subjects of photos from the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Hosted by Frankye Gordon, hundreds of individuals, and … Read More
Rabbi Stanley Miles will be the High Holy Day rabbi at Keneseth Israel this fall, the congregation announced Thursday. “Rabbi Miles has a long history with Keneseth Israel and the Jewish Community of Louisville,” KI President Joan Simunic and Executive … Read More
Gaylia Rooks, the first woman rabbi in Kentucky history, will add one more first to her list this month when she becomes the rabbi emerita of The Temple, the first woman in the state to hold that title. The Temple … Read More
First, the founding members of Temple Shalom stood before the congregation. Then into the sanctuary marched Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner and her mentor, Rabbi Sam Joseph of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. One by one, the past … Read More
Each year, Light Up CenterStage gets better than the year before and this year’s December event will keep up that tradition. When the door open on Saturday, December 3, at 7 p.m., get ready to party. Eventualities will transform The … Read More
On July 1, Louisville’s Temple Shalom began a new stage in the life of the congregation as it welcomed its new spiritual leader, Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner. Coming from Temple Shalom in Wheeling, WV, (she also grew up at Temple … Read More
After 39 years of service to Temple Shalom, Rabbi Stanley Miles will be retiring on June 30. To honor him, the congregation invites the community to an open house reception on Sunday, June 19, from 2-4 p.m. at Temple Shalom. … Read More
The Torah describes two models of leadership: Moses and Aaron. Moses’ leadership was stern and unyielding. The First Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rav Kook, stated that he lived “a life detached from the mundane concerns of the common man.” For … Read More
Dear Editor: I attended the solidarity rally yesterday (January 18), and I found it most meaningful. Congressman John Yarmuth and Mayor Greg Fischer spoke eloquently, Dr. Muhammad Babar, who is himself a Muslim, shared that the assault was not only … Read More
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