Young Adults

Birthright Israel

Taglit-Birthright Israel provides the gift of first time, peer group, educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26. Click here to learn more.

Hillel

Hillel: The Center for Jewish Campus Life, is the student address for Jewish activities at the University of Louisville and other college campuses in the Louisville area. Hillel offers social events, community service programs, cultural activities and educational programs about Jewish life and Israel. It also serves as an advocate for the Jewish community and Israel on campus. Click here to learn more.

Young Adult Division (YAD)

YAD, the Young Adult Division of the Jewish Community of Louisville, is a central part of Louisville's community of Jews in their 20s, 30s and early 40s. YAD offers many exciting ways to get involved and get connected. Click here to learn more.

New to Louisville?  Welcome!

Visit our Welcome Newcomers page to see what's happening and learn more about getting involved.

Leadership, Education and Development Series (LEADS)

Are you a young adult looking to become a leader in the Jewish community? L.E.A.D.S. (Leadership, Education and Development Series) is a YAD (Young Adult Division of the Jewish Community of Louisville) program that helps acquaint young people and newcomers with the services and leadership opportunities the community has to offer.  Click here to learn more.

Young Leadership Development (YLD)

The Louisville Jewish Community of Louisville provides young adults the opportunity and training to grow leadership skills through its fun, dynamic Young Leadership Development program (YLD). click here to learn more.

Florence Melton Adult Mini-School

Louisville's Florence Melton Adult Mini-School promotes Jewish literacy in an open, pluralistic, egalitarian and stimulating environment. Students come from Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and unaffiliated backgrounds. There are no prerequisites and no homework. Click here to learn more.

 

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The Jewish Community of Louisville
Shalom Tower Offices

3630 Dutchmans Lane | Louisville, KY 40205-3216
Tel: (502) 451-8840 | Fax: (502) 458-0702

Jewish Community Center Offices
3600 Dutchmans Lane | Louisville, KY 40205
Tel: (502) 459-0660 | Fax: (502) 459-6885

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JCL Updates

by Kathy Karr
fastestflute@insightbb.com

Editor’s Note: The Partnership with Israel program (originally Partnership 2000) is a Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) initiative that matches communities in Israel with groups of Jewish communities in the United States.

Louisville, which joined the partnership at its inception in 1998, is one of 16 Jewish communities in the Central Area Consortium paired with Israel’s Western Galilee region, a strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea. Read more... JCL Update 07/23/10