Welcome to the Jewish Community of Louisville
Shalom! Welcome to your comprehensive web resource for information about Louisville’s Jewish community and thank you for choosing jewishlouisville.org.
There’s plenty to see—with more added regularly.
- Listings for most of Louisville’s Jewish agencies, organizations, synagogues and temples, along with links to their websites.
- The latest news and information about upcoming events, activities and classes throughout the Jewish community, in town and around the country.
- A local community calendar, where each of Louisville’s Jewish groups can post up-to-date information about their activities—with a simple search feature to make finding what you’re looking for much easier.
We at the Jewish Community of Louisville are committed to making this site a 
valuable and practical resource for everyone in our area. Please feel free to contact us if you have questions, comments, or if there’s something you’d like to see on our site. Thanks for visiting!
JCL Update: January 27, 2012
Who’s Saly?
Saly is a donor to the 2012 Federation Campaign. She has been steadfastly giving for many years, helping the Jewish Community of Louisville provide the funding to help many agencies and programs in Louisville, Israel and around the world. She gives generously, at an amount comfortable to her and her family. She is appreciated and respected. She has also chosen once again to give at a level that is the Same As Last Year (Saly).
Saly may not be aware that the needs in the Jewish community have increased greatly. For example, over a seven-year period ending in 2010 (the latest year for which we have economic data), Jewish Family and Career Services increased support to individuals by 70 percent. During that same time, the value of the dollar contributed in 2003 has been reduced by 30 percent due to inflation and other factors limiting the amount of donations nonprofits can apply directly to programs. That means that in order to achieve the same level of effect, for each dollar contributed in 2003, two dollars is needed now. That’s a big change. It’s also reality.
In announcing the 2012 Federation Campaign, we decided it was important to invite new donors to join us, and to ask steadfast donors to increase their contributions. When taken together, we decided to target an 18 percent increase – a relatively modest goal, given that the needs of our community have grown significantly more than that – and a number we believed our community members could embrace.
Super Sunday is February 19 - Energize Our Community!
Super Sunday, the telethon for the 2012 Federation Campaign, is just around the corner and that means it is time to “Energize Our Community.”
Helene Kramer Longton will be leading the charge, and she’s looking for lots of volunteers to help with everything from decorations to making calls.
Read more: Super Sunday is February 19 - Energize Our Community!
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