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By Sarah Bunin Benor (JTA) — On Sukkot, we strengthen our local communities, hosting elaborate meals with relatives and friends and leaving one wall of the sukkah open, symbolizing hospitality. Sukkot also invokes the Jewish community in time. We build … Read More
By Deborah Danan (JTA) — TEL AVIV — When she was preparing her Passover seder in April, Shlomit Sattler set a symbolic seat place for Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who lived in her Jerusalem neighborhood before he was taken hostage by Hamas. … Read More
By Philissa Cramer and Eliyahu Freedman (JTA) — Jews and Jewish sites appear to have largely been spared following the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco late Friday, killing at least 2,100 people and plunging some of the poorest areas of the … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor First, you turn into the Keneseth Israel driveway from Taylorsville Road, motoring slowly past the synagogue into the parking lot. Then you see it, erected on the far end of the pavement, looking a little … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor How do you dwell in a small sukkah during a time of an infectious pandemic? Take your turn. That’s exactly how JOFEE, the Jewish sustainability group in Louisville will observe the Festival of Booths in … Read More
Sukkot is the harvest festival which symbolizes the transitional period when, after escaping Egypt, the Jews lived in temporary shelters while wandering through the desert for 40 years. This year, The J is putting a Kentucky twist on the holiday … Read More
Sukkot is celebrated this year September 27-October 4. For 40 years, as our ancestors traversed the Sinai Desert following the Exodus from Egypt, miraculous “clouds of glory” surrounded and hovered over them, shielding them from the dangers and discomforts of the desert. … Read More
Sukkot On September 25, the Hillel students had dinner in Josh Goodman’s Sukkah located near the University of Louisville campus. Last year, Goodman received a grant from Birthright Next for the materials needed to build the sukkah, and he was … Read More
[by Heidi Bennett] On the cool evening of September 16, 19 women joined together for Louisville Hadassah’s pre-Sukkot party inside the Jewish Community Center’s Sukkah. Attendees were a mix of women from throughout the Jewish community, including several mother-daughter pairs. … Read More
Everyone enjoyed the JCC Sukkah in its new location close to the building this Sukkot, September 30-October 7. The large sukkah was built by Middle Schoolers from Teen Connections under the direction of Shmuly Litvin, Matt Schwartz, Ariel Kronenberg, David … Read More