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By Andrew Adler Community Editor After completing two years and six months helming the Jewish Community of Louisville’s board, David Kaplan is handing off the position of board chair to Beth Salamon, the current vice-chair and chair-elect. The JCL … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Sara Klein Wagner, President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Louisville and the Trager Family JCC, is joining the national board of the JCC Association of North America. Her three-year term began this … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Over much of the past year, small groups of Jewish Louisvilians have met to discuss, ruminate, and consider how to move forward in the wake of 2022’s groundbreaking, Brandeis University-led “Study of Jewish Louisville.” Cohorts … Read More
By Sara Klein Wagner Milestones celebrated with family and friends are part of our Jewish tradition. Last Shabbat, family and friends spent the morning at Adath Jeshurun celebrating the “bride and groom,” Phyllis and Michael Shaikuns’ 60th wedding anniversary. We … Read More
By Sara Klein Wagner Everything we want seems to be just a click away. You want something to eat? It’ll be here in minutes from anywhere in Louisville. Need a flight? You can travel across the world with the tap … Read More
By Amy Joseph Landon Senior Director of Marketing and Communications After nearly 27 years of dedicated service to our Jewish Community of Louisville Family as Human Resources Director, Lisa Moorman has decided to retire. Lisa started her career at … Read More
By Sara Klein Wagner Every week, Jewish congregations across the globe take a Torah scroll from the ark in an annual cycle of study and renewal. The readers may be rabbis or cantors in front of congregations, or they may … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Daniele Hurwitz has been named Senior Director for Women’s Philanthropy and Young Adult Engagement at the Jewish Federation of Louisville. Born in Richmond, Virginia and already steeped in Jewish service, she embraced Judaism via multiple … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor There’s lots of energy associated with the Jewish Federation of Louisville’s Annual Campaign, and nowhere is this more apparent than on Super Sunday. This year’s telethon gets under way Sunday, Feb. 4 at 10 a.m., … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Temple Shalom has decided to put its 40-year-old building on the market and move to a space on the campus of the Trager Family JCC. Congregants voted last month to authorize Temple Shalom’s board to … Read More