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The 2016 Julie E. Linker Community Relations Young Leadership Award will go to Derek Pugh. The award, which recognizes a young adult who has taken on leadership responsibilities with the Jewish Community Relations Council, will be presented at the Jewish … Read More
The 2016 Stacy Marks Nisenbaum Award will go to Laina Meyerowitz, who is currently BBYO’s Kentucky-Indiana-Ohio Regional Board president and an active member of Louisville’s Jay Levine BBG. The award will be presented at the Jewish Community of Louisville’s Annual … Read More
Each year’s Yom HaShoah community-wide Holocaust commemoration program is special in its own way. While each inspires awe and reverence, this year’s program provided an educational component as well that made the familiar feel new again. This year’s Jewish Community … Read More
On Wednesday, May 4, we will mark Yom HaShoah. The word “Shoah” literally means catastrophe or destruction. On this day, we mark the senseless tragedy of millions who were slaughtered in the name of the “purification” of the human race, … Read More
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Commemoration Day, is a time to remember – a time for the community to come together to hear survivors’ stories, remember those who perished and learn how to make the world a better place. This year, Yom … Read More
Purim is probably the most joyous and fun Jewish holiday of the year. It has even provided several words in our everyday vernacular “the whole Megillah” or “shpiel”. There is something for everyone: treats, including Hamantashen, costumes, celebrations, including alcohol, … Read More
When the movie Woman in Gold was released last year, awareness of the efforts by Jewish families to recover valuable art looted by the Nazis during World War II was elevated substantially. The movie told the story of Maria Altmann’s … Read More
The Jewish Community of Louisville has announced that in 2015, the Lewis W. Cole Memorial Young Leadership Award will go to Ross Cohen and the Joseph J. Kaplan Young Leadership Award will go to Scott Weinberg. They will be presented … Read More
(see full event photos below) Conrad Weiner has endured more than most of us can imagine. He spent four years of his early childhood in a concentration camp, walked for two weeks in a Ukrainian winter and saw his grandmother … Read More
A time to remember. A time to listen. A time to bear witness. The annual Jewish Community Relations Council Community-Wide Yom HaShoah Commemoration, “The Story Has to Be Shared,” will be Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m. at Keneseth Israel. … Read More