2018
Center for Small Town Jewish Life receives national recognition with award of Signature Grant from the Covenant Foundation (Covenant Foundation website)
2016-17
First of three interfaith ‘Community Conversations’ targets income inequality (Waterville Morning Sentinel)
Waterville rabbi calls delivering Hanukkah remarks at White House ‘incredible’ (Waterville Morning Sentinel)
Colby College hosts ‘Community Conversations’ on income inequality (Portland Press Herald)
2014-15
Alfond Foundation supports Jewish life at Colby (press release)
Strengthening a special town-gown bond (Colby Magazine)
Rabbi Isaacs has a posse (Public Radio Exchange)
A beit din without the beards (Lilith Magazine)
Making it in Maine: Stories of Jewish life in small-town America (Maine History)
Waterville’s former Ken-A-Set store will host Israeli artist, community exhibit (Waterville Morning Sentinel); see also: Student art exhibit opens
In Maine, the “invisible” Jews of rural America discuss their unique challenge (Haaretz)
2013-14
Rabbi Isaacs named one of America’s most inspiring rabbis (The Jewish Daily Forward)
Bridge Builder: Rabbi Rachel Isaacs links Colby and Waterville, turning two Jewish communities into one (Colby Magazine)