Louis Keene is a reporter for the Forward. His work has also been published in The New York Times, New York magazine and Vice. He is based in Los Angeles.
Louis Keene
By Louis Keene
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News Jewish mayoral candidate targeted in shooting says his campaign is ‘guided by tikkun olam’
A leading Louisville mayoral candidate targeted in a shooting Monday is an active member of the city’s Jewish community, the former CEO of a hotel chain and the new co-owner of a company that promotes up-and-coming pro wrestlers. Craig Greenberg, 48, was meeting with four campaign staffers Monday when a man walked in and, wordlessly…
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News On Super Bowl Sunday, look for the Jewish flag football player on 50-yard line
Every Super Bowl game starts the same way: a coin toss determines who receives the ball first. With millions of people watching this moment — millions of dollars are wagered on it — the National Football League uses the occasion to highlight worthy causes and people. Last year, a healthcare worker flipped the coin. The…
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News His great-grandparents found refuge in China. Now this Canadian Jew is starting for its hockey team.
Most of Ethan Werek’s teammates on the Chinese Olympic hockey team had never met a Jewish person before he joined the roster. But Werek’s family tree was once planted in Chinese soil. Like the six athletes suiting up for Israel in this year’s games, Werek didn’t need to be born in the country on his…
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News Jewish nonprofits look to feds, states to help pay for security. But there’s not enough grant money to go around.
Note: This story has been updated to reflect more recent events. After he took a job leading a synagogue in Bakersfield, California, in May of 2020, Rabbi Jonathan Klein realized his community was vulnerable. Temple Beth El didn’t have much in the way of protection, and the rabbi worried about extremists, including the Ku Klux…
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News Alexei Bychenko, Israeli who skated to Hava Nagila in 2018, taking opera to third Olympics
In the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Alexei Bychenko thrilled the Jewish world by skating to Hava Nagila, the ubiquitous Hebrew folk song based on a Hasidic tune. To this day, the Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater calls it one of his favorite performances. A veteran now preparing for his third Winter Games, Bychenko won’t be…
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News All the Jewish athletes at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and how to watch them
Despite ongoing COVID chaos and mounting protests about China’s human rights record, the 2022 Beijing Olympics are proceeding on schedule, just six months after the delayed Tokyo games — and we have your guide to the Jewish athletes who are on their way. In Tokyo, dozens of Jewish athletes competed, and many clinched medals. The…
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News The downhill duo: Skiing siblings to represent Israel at Winter Olympics
There’s a rivalry brewing between the two skiers competing for Israel in the Winter Olympics — a sibling rivalry. Barnabás Szőllős and his sister Noa Szőllős, born in Hungary, raised in Austria and trained by their Hungarian-Israeli father, will hit the slopes next week wearing blue and white. Both will compete in all five individual…
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News A second San Diego Chabad rabbi named in Poway scandal
The sprawling financial fraud case centered around former Chabad of Poway rabbi Yisroel Goldstein has reeled in a second San Diego-area rabbi. The Justice Department announced Wednesday that the founder of Chabad of University of California at San Diego, Yehuda Hadjadj, pleaded guilty to conspiring with Goldstein to defraud a local company’s donation matching program….
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