Melvyn Koby, M.D., a University of Louisville alumnus, pioneer and innovator in ophthalmology in Louisville for more than 40 years, has established an award to promote compassion among the physicians training at UofL. The Dr. Melvyn Koby Educational Excellence Award … Read More
This fall, the program for Judaic Studies is very pleased to offer UofL’s first course in Jewish graphic novels and comics, HUM 561-01, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-2:15 p.m. I’m the instructor, and I am co-editor of The Jewish … Read More
Local college students shared the Passover holiday with their campus communities with two interfaith Sedarim – one at Bellarmine University with Campus Ministries facilitated by Rabbi Michael Wolk on Wednesday, April 6, and another at the University of Louisville with … Read More
Tuesday, March 22 6:30pm UofL Bingham Humanities Building 300 Born in Brooklyn and raised in Miami, Izzy Ezagui made Aliya in order to join the Israeli army and pursue his dream. Izzy was sent into combat at the border of …
Picture two huge gallery walls covered with 539 individual triangular shaped quilt pieces that each pay tribute to a woman, women’s organization or women’s issues and you can begin to sense the enormity of the University of Louisville Hite Art … Read More
Renowned Israeli writer and filmmaker Etgar Keret, who last visited Louisville during the 2008 Festival of the Book, will speak at the University of Louisville on Friday, October 16, at 3 p.m. about his recent critical success, the memoir The … Read More
Every year, the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law honors a leader in the legal profession with the Brandeis Medal and invites the honoree to Louisville to make a speech. That individual’s work exemplifies the values espoused by the … Read More
A new school year and a Jewish new year also mean a new start for the Hillel programs at the University of Louisville and Bellarmine University, and this year, that also means a new staff: Hillel Director Devon Oser and … Read More
The University of Louisville invites the community to the First Annual Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Lecture on Sunday, October 26, at 2 p.m. at the Cressman Center for Visual Arts, 100 E. Main St. At the inaugural lecture, Dr. … Read More
What is it about the coming-of-age narrative that Jewish authors find so enticing? This fall, the University of Louisville will explore this topic in a new course, “Youth in Jewish Literature and Film.” Students will study texts written from the … Read More