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Facebook: Facebook.com/adathjeshurun Welcoming community! Facebook: Facebook.com/adathjeshurun ..Web: www.adathjeshurun.com.. ..Web: www.adathjeshurun.com.. Keneseth Israel Congregation a Conservative, egalitarian congregational family led by young, vibrant clergy dedicated to serving our congregation & community in innovative ways while maintaining time-honored traditions Morning & Evening Minyans KI Chai Institute of Jewish Learning Sisterhood Men’s Club Reception Facilities Gift Gallery Community Passover Seder Rabbi Michael S. Wolk Novel, engaging programs for the whole family Interfaith couples & families welcome Nurturing, academic preschool & kindergarten Religious School Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation Youth Groups Shabbat Shalom Club Big enough to enrich you . Cantor Sharon F. Hordes Faye Weinberg small enough to know you! President Yonatan Yussman Executive Director Shary Loewy Hyman Preschool Director 2531 Taylorsville Road, Louisville, KY 40205 Phone: 502-459-2780 Fax: 502-459-2795 www.kenesethisrael.comcover 4 ✡ 2014 GUIDE TO JEWISH LOUISVILLE www.facebook.com/ki.louisville COMMUNITY HISTORY CONTENTS COMMUNITY HISTORY...............1 uring the 1800’s, Jews settled throughout Kentucky and the South. COVER ART .......................................1 DBy 1860, there were fewer than 15,000 Jews in the region, yet they contributed substantially to its expansion as merchants, traders, storekeepers, JEWISH COMMUNITY OF artisans, sawmill operators, butchers and farmers. As the city of Louisville LOUISVILLE grew, the size of the Jewish community grew in direct proportion. Louisville’s Jewish Community of Louisville ...........2 original Jewish inhabitants were of German origin, mostly itinerant peddlers Jewish Community Center ....................2 who later settled down and became founders of great business establish- Jewish Federation of Louisville .............6 ments. Just before the Civil War they were joined by an influx of Eastern Jewish Foundation of Louisville ............7 Europeans who formed a Polish religious congregation. Community (newspaper) ...........................8 The Eastern European migration began in the early 1880’s and brought a Hillel ......................................................8 shtetl-like (religious village) atmosphere to Preston Street where Yiddish was Jewish Community Relations more commonly used than English. Soon certain health care, financial assis- Council .............................................8 tance, religious worship and educational needs began to emerge. A Commu- Partnership