Watch as Rabbi Wirtschafter reads “Miriam and the Sasquatch: A Rosh Hashanah Story” by by Eric Kimmel (author) and Tamara Anegon (illustrator), published by P.J. Library.
Participants engrossed in learning how to mix cocktails during the Gin and Jews presentation, July 9, 2023
  • gin and jews july 23
  • g&j6
  • g&j3
  • g&j2
  • g&j4
  • g&j5
Photos from the Purim Carnival, March 12, 2023
  • Photo Galleries
  • Bounce House
  • Purim-crowd shot
  • Photo Galleries
Photos from the “Beer and Donuts Pairing” event at Ethereal Brewing on December 18, 2022
  • thumbnail_IMG_0161
  • thumbnail_IMG_0160
  • thumbnail_IMG_0159
  • thumbnail_IMG_0158
  • thumbnail_TAI Beer and Donut pairing (hi-res)
Photos from the Religious School Summer Fair on Sunday, August 28, 2022
  • thumbnail_IMG_6334
  • thumbnail_IMG_6336
  • thumbnail_IMG_6339
  • thumbnail_IMG_6345
  • thumbnail_IMG_6349
  • thumbnail_IMG_6353
Recent storms caused to the star on top of the building to topple backward, necessitating its removal to the courtyard. Thank you to the roofing team who moved it safely to its new home.
  • thumbnail_IMG_3262
  • thumbnail_IMG_3263
  • thumbnail_IMG_3267
  • thumbnail_IMG_3270
  • thumbnail_68356698712__3F3506DD-0E81-4487-A256-71AA9556CA29
A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was held in our newly renovated Mersack & Stern Social Hall on June 22, 2022 to commemorate the completion of Temple renovations begun in 2021.
  • IMG_20220522_121717MP
  • IMG_20220522_151259_hdr
  • IMG_4818
  • IMG_20220522_152125
  • IMG_20220522_150143MP
  • IMG_20220522_150031MP
  • IMG_20220522_150016MP
  • IMG_20220522_145953MP
  • IMG_20220522_145144MP
  • IMG_20220522_145027MP
  • IMG_20220522_145003MP
  • IMG_20220522_144747MP
  • IMG_4818
  • IMG_4816
  • IMG_4815
  • IMG_4814
  • IMG_20220522_151429_hdr
  • IMG_20220522_151049_hdr
  • IMG_20220522_150646MP
  • IMG_20220522_150349MP
  • IMG_20220522_150245MP
  • IMG_20220522_153011
  • IMG_20220522_152042
  • IMG_20220522_151621_hdr
  • IMG_20220522_153947
LEXTY Purim Carnival, March 13, 2022
  • carnival12
  • carnival11
  • carnival10
  • carnival9
  • carnival8
  • carnival7
  • carnival6
  • carnival5
  • carnival4
  • 22carnival2
  • 22 carnival3
  • 22 carnival1
Rabbi Wirtschafter was invited to participate at the November 14, 2021 gathering at the Capitol to commemorate the 10 thousandth death from Covid-19 in Kentucky, and unveiling the plans for the sculpture to memorialize those we have lost. You can watch the entire ceremony or forward to approximately the 37:45 mark. 
In honor of those who serve and have served the US on Veterans Day, we are proud to share this video of Cantor/Chaplain David Frommer of the U.S. Army. Son of the late Barbara Hymson and cousin to the Baker family, David attended TAI and Sayre before going to college, the Israeli Army, Cantorial School and several years in a congregational setting. We are tremendously proud of Chaplain Frommer’s commitment to our country and his extraordinary accomplishments. We hope to bring him back to Lexington for a Scholar-in-Residence Shabbat sometime in the near future.
The Torah portion for the week of November 5th, Toldot, includes the famous story of Jacob coercing his older brother, Esau, into selling his birthright for a serving of stew. In this video, local chef, caterer and TAI Member, Barbara Goldman Nartowicz, demonstrates how to make her favorite “Birthright Stew” recipe, inspired by the biblical narrative. Enjoy the video and feel free to post your Birthright Stew recipe.
Teens in the Garden, September 12, 2021
  • Garden 13
  • Garden 4
  • Garden 3
  • Garden 6
  • Garden 7
  • Garden 8
  • Garden 9
  • Garden 10
  • Garden 11
  • garden 14
  • Garden 15
Tashlich on the Creek, Sunday, September 20, 2020
  • 2020-09-20_09-42-20_000
  • 2020-09-20_07-35-34_000
  • 2020-09-20_12-11-27_000
  • 2020-09-20_12-10-19_550
  • 2020-09-20_09-11-34_000
  • 2020-09-20_09-03-23_000
  • 2020-09-20_09-02-23_000
  • 2020-09-20_08-12-35_000
  • 2020-09-20_07-28-38_000
  • 2020-09-20_07-27-40_000
  • 2020-09-20_07-16-34_000
  • 2020-09-20_07-06-33_000
  • 2020-09-20_09-11-16_000
  • 2020-09-20_07-35-56_000
  • 2020-09-20_07-26-17_000
  • 2020-09-20_07-02-56_000
  • IMG_0482_Original
  • 2020-09-20_07-24-49_000
Harriett Rose’s 100th Birthday Drive-By Palooza! Sunday, September 13, 2020
  • IMG_9507
  • IMG_7821
  • IMG_7800
  • IMG_7812
  • IMG_7816
  • IMG_7819
  • IMG_9508
  • IMG_9509
  • IMG_9510

 

 

This 2018 video is a favorite Passover memory for the children and teachers at TAI Preschool.

 

 

LEXTY hosted their Purim Carnival on Sunday, March 8, 2020. Big fun!!
  • 04C5BFA5-9C72-4980-B7BC-901F87581F72
  • 8D81C902-17E6-4307-9A83-155BF199C684
  • 0E9B2BFA-FDB6-4DA6-B3D6-4B98AF22266D
  • Photo Galleries
  • 90160019_2868672756520890_2753811547045232640_o
  • Photo Galleries
  • 90111137_2868671696520996_4401724068261265408_o
  • Photo Galleries
  • 90091587_2868672529854246_3190501900189433856_o
  • 90088925_2868672646520901_642023844688691200_o
  • 90073376_2868672613187571_3973900348682141696_o
  • 89849576_2868672279854271_4604592467621183488_o
  • 90071154_2868671476521018_3327475081638051840_o
  • 90060905_2868672309854268_7521496472789975040_o
  • 90054751_2868671833187649_9090505986602434560_o
  • 90047185_2868671603187672_5610542265828114432_o
  • 90037634_2868671499854349_5149980639071567872_o
  • 90035654_2868672046520961_6164551252685357056_o
  • 90019591_2868671573187675_3680397908764524544_o
  • 89996676_2868672573187575_5699249871819636736_o
  • 89994877_2868671803187652_8688292276541063168_o
  • 89977327_2868671399854359_2492277661108273152_o
  • 89975685_2868672216520944_2710927475415711744_o
  • 89973884_2868672429854256_7025516806248857600_o
  • 89968698_2868671726520993_9108659224224727040_o
  • 89731612_2868672406520925_3611680119950671872_o
Temple member, Jane Grise, recently led an adult education session about a case she handled in the United States Supreme Court as a legal services attorney.
  • 21F398C5-78D2-4400-B3BE-C7C9570612BE
  • D9DD013B-DE52-4209-846E-0CF9F3FB0BFE
  • IMG-3405
  • Photo Galleries
Rabbi Wirtschafter has been busy delivering Purim bags to our TAI seniors!
  • Hanover Purim 2
  • Hanover Purim 1
  • IMG_4738
  • IMG_4741
  • IMG_4745
The 9th grade religious school class students are honing their culinary skills as they learn to make traditional jewish foods each week. Yum!
  • IMG_6488
  • IMG_6493
  • IMG_6494
  • IMG_6490
  • IMG_6486
  • IMG_6495
  • ninth grade class5
  • Ninth grade class7
  • Ninth grade class
  • Ninth grade class3
  • ninth grade class1
  • Ninth grade class10
  • Ninth grade class9
February 9, 2020 was a busy day at TAI, with TAI on Rye, the pop-up deli; a “Fiddler on the Roof Lunch and Learn”, with UK Jewish Studies director, Sheila Jelen, exploring Shalom Aleichem’s “Tevye the Milkman Stories”; and finally, guest speaker Dr. Jordan Finkin, rare book and manuscript librarian at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, who presented a program on preserving Jewish intellectual culture.
  • IMG_1915
  • TAIonRye2
  • TAIonRYE1
  • IMG_1926
  • TAIonRye5
  • IMG_1923
  • IMG_1929
  • IMG_4554
  • IMG_4556
  • IMG_4558
  • IMG_4575
  • 2FABFCD0-F8A6-4670-96BA-552F7CB658EF
  • IMG_4573
  • 416AD2BB-F774-4C7D-8F57-1B4B9017A6A1
  • IMG_4579
  • IMG_4580
  • 8F801E17-ED2D-4FC6-8F60-AA2F2AF96D57
  • 90E67BE2-89BB-4D04-B3B2-7297ABBD31AA
Rabbi Wirtschafter’s 50th Birthday Oneg 1/17/20
  • IMG-8665
  • IMG-8659
  • rabbi cake
  • rabbi oneg
Hanukkah Carnival 12/15/2019
  • IMG_20191215_123225434 (3)
  • IMG_20191215_123123283 (2)
  • IMG_20191215_123048028
  • IMG_20191215_122954132_BURST000_COVER_TOP
  • IMG_20191215_122923612_BURST000_COVER_TOP
  • IMG_20191215_122814693_BURST000_COVER_TOP (4)
  • IMG_20191215_122749667
  • IMG_20191215_122726832_BURST000_COVER_TOP
  • IMG_20191215_122607503 (2)
  • IMG_20191215_122520921 (3)
Top Nosh, with guest chef Sara Bradley, November 3, 2019
  • TOP NOSH
  • top nosh 23
  • top nosh 5
  • top nosh 9
  • top nosh 4
  • top nosh 6
  • top nosh 19
  • top nosh 10
  • top nosh 22
  • top nosh 21
  • top nosh 20
  • IMG_8317
  • top nosh 24
  • IMG_8322
  • IMG_8320
  • top nosh 13
Torah Restoration Weekend with Sofer Neil Yerman, October 25-27, 2019
  • Rubin J
  • Ravvin L (2)
  • Ravvin L
  • Photo Oct 27, 1 18 24 PM
  • Noffsinger
  • Gewirtz Flomenhoft Rededication
  • Masters
  • Masters A
  • Cobin
  • Lowe
  • Hayman J (2)
  • Hayman Braun (2)
  • Flomenhoft E
  • Clewett D
  • Chaput J
  • Cantor
  • Belin B
  • Akolkar Ryann
  • Weinstein
  • Weinstein (4)
  • Torah Sofer Kids
  • Torah Sofer Kids (5)
  • Torah Sofer Kids (4)
  • Torah Kids (3)
  • Suhl-Cerel
  • Sugarmann J
  • Stone J
  • Rothke A
  • Kaplan R
  • Wirtschafter Sippy Family (2)
  • Torah Study
  • Torah Study Sofer
  • Torah Clean Dirty
  • Sofer Amelak (5)
  • Sewing the Scroll
  • Rededication Ceremony (2)
  • Rededication Flomenhoft E
  • Rededication Ceremony
  • Nelson M
  • Marx
  • Leiber (2)
  • Katz M
  • Marx
  • Marx Rosenstein
  • Marx Rosenstein Sofer Torah
  • Photo Galleries
First day of religious school and picnic, September 15, 2019
  • image3 (2)
  • image2 (2)
  • IMG_0294
  • IMG_0295
  • IMG_0299
  • IMG_0302
  • IMG_0306
  • IMG_0307
  • IMG_20190915_101055
  • IMG_20190915_101459
  • IMG_20190915_103446
  • Temple tots 10
Photos from the 2019 Jewish Food Festival
  • TAI Food Festival 2019
  • TAI Food Festival 2019
  • TAI Food Festival 2019
  • TAI Food Festival 2019
  • TAI Food Festival 2019
  • TAI Food Festival 2019
Family Shabbat at Spindletop on August 16 – a great way to end summer vacation. Looking forward to another great year at religious school!
  • 7CBCCE2A-2B53-46C7-87CF-93F786923075
  • 7EBCD1E6-177A-44DF-8A4D-0A0395F60102
  • 20190816_191015
  • 20190816_195812
  • 20190816_200949
  • 20190816_201325
Juliets, a social group for women over 60, meet weekly for discussion and a light nosh in the Sisterhood Lounge. Meetings are on Wednesdays at 2:30, except for once a month when they meet for lunch at 1 p.m.
  • juliets july 10
  • juliets
  • julietsedit
Brotherhood Sisterhood Derby Party, May 4, 2019
  • derby1
  • derby2
  • derby3
  • derby4
  • derby5
  • derby6
  • derby7
  • derby revelers 2
  • derby8 1
Reknowned Israeli cellist, Amit Peled, performed “A Journey With My Jewishness” on April 28, 2019.
  • Peled concert 2 1
  • IMG_2482 2
  • amit1
  • amit2 2
Photos from the Vigil for Pittsburgh and Louisville, October 31, 2018
  • Photo Galleries
  • CV Choir
    Choir members from the Temple and OZS sing during the vigil
  • 181031localpittsburghvigilas03
    photo courtesy of the Lexington-Herald Leader
  • 181031localpittsburghvigilas04
    photo courtesy of the Lexington-Herald Leader
  • 181031localpittsburghvigilas05
    photo courtesy of the Lexington-Herald Leader
  • 181031localpittsburghvigilas02
    Jerry Cerel – photo courtesy of the Lexington-Herald Leader
  • 181031localpittsburghvigilas01
    Temple president, Deborah Nelson, lights a candle. – photo courtesy of the Lexington-Herald Leader
  • CV Candles Lit
    13 candles lit for each victim of violence in Pittsburgh and Louisville
2018-19 Religious School Class Photos
  • IMG_1378 1
  • IMG_1391 1
  • IMG_1431 1
  • IMG_1446 1
  • IMG_1458 1
  • IMG_1465 1
  • IMG_1481 1
  • IMG_1488 1
  • IMG_1498 1
  • IMG_1504

Life Long Learning sessions 2014

  • Life Long Learning 1
  • Life Long Learning 2
  • Life Long Learning 3
  • Life Long Learning 4
  • Life Long Learning 5

New Members Havdalah 2014

  • new member 1
  • new member 2
  • new member 3
  • new member 4
  • new member 5
  • new member 6
  • new member 7
  • new member 8
  • new member 9
  • new member 10