In Memoriam
The staff of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger and the Massachusetts Jewish Ledger mourn the passing of “Ricky”... Read more
Spotlight on Women’s Health – Jewish Connecticut hosts awareness events
By Cindy Mindell Jewish tradition places a strong emphasis on taking care of one’s health. An entire... Read more
Brandeis University accused of double standard after pulling honor of Islam critic Hirsi Ali
By Sean Savage/JNS.org After facing growing pressure from faculty members, students, and an outside... Read more
Greenwich interfaith center reconciles religious differences
By Cindy Mindell GREENWICH – A couple of years after the Berlin Wall had been smashed to bits, another... Read more
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- In Memoriam
- Spotlight on Women’s Health – Jewish Connecticut hosts awareness events
- Brandeis University accused of double standard after pulling honor of Islam critic Hirsi Ali
- Greenwich interfaith center reconciles religious differences
- New book explores role of Jewish councils during the Holocaust
- KOLOT – Finding Hope in Poland
- Story of Streit’s Matzo coming to the silver screen
- Conversation with Dr. Eric Trager
- Solomon Schechter to honor the Gelles Family
- Alan Gross goes on hunger strike in Cuba
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Solomon Schechter to honor the Gelles Family
The Gelles family of West Hartford will be honored by the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford at the school’s 2014 Ner Tamid Gala, to held on Sunday, May… Read more
Rabbi Brockman to receive honorary Doctorate
Special to the Ledger NEW HAVEN — Rabbi Herbert N. Brockman, spiritual leader of Congregation Mishkan Israel in Hamden, will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Human Letters degree… Read more
Judge Sydney W. Elkin elected to lead CT Probate Assembly
HARTFORD – The Connecticut Probate Assembly elected Judge Sydney W. Elkin of West Hartford as president-judge during the assembly’s annual meeting on Monday, April 7. The Probate Assembly, which comprises… Read more
Alzheimer’s Family Training Seminar
SOUTHBURY — A free four-part Alzheimer’s Association Family Training Seminar for Caregivers is being offered at the Jewish Federation of Western CT, 444 Main St. North in Southbury. The program… Read more
J-Serve: Teens add color to Mitzvah Day
J-Serve is the International Day of Jewish Youth Service through which more than 10,000 Jewish teens from across the globe serve their communities to make the world a better place…. Read more
CT Briefs
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KOLOT – The Weaver’s Loom
By Joel Fleischman “The Weaver’s Loom” is a poem inspired by a comment by the revered Torah commentator Rashi on a verse in the book of Sh’mos (Exodus). In that… Read more
- Movers & Shakers
- Film Review – “The Zigzag Kid” screens in Stamford Oct. 27 and 31
- Breast Cancer Symposium in Darien on Oct. 7
Jewish Life
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Torah Portion – Chol Hamoed Pesach
By Shlomo Riskin While the Passover Seder is still freshly on our minds and taste buds, allow me to suggest an important lesson that we are likely to overlook…. Read more
- Torah Portion – Aharei Mot
- Torah Portion – Leviticus
- Torah Portion – Tazria
Milestones
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B’NAI MITZVAH
MAX HOLSBEKE, son of Stacey Rubin and Timothy Holsbeke, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, April 12 at The Emanuel Synagogue in West Hartford. JACOB KAPTEINA, son of Jennifer… Read more
- B’NAI MITZVAH
- B’NAI MITZVAH
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National/World
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Alan Gross goes on hunger strike in Cuba
(JNS.org) American-Jewish prisoner Alan Gross, who has been held in Cuba since late 2009, said he is going on a hunger strike to protest his treatment by both the Cuban… Read more
- Bereaved Israeli families protest prisoner release
- Kerry: Israel led to impasse
- China’s ancient Jewish community celebrates Passover
Opinion
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The Extremists Among Us
By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach I was in South Africa, celebrating the rabbinic ordination of our eldest son, Mendy, when a journalist contacted me from the US asking me to… Read more
- Releasing Pollard
- Jerusalem and the Matzah Virgin
- Time for Hillel to stand against Arafat grave visit
Special Features
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PASSOVER RECIPES
Cheesy Spinach Matzah Lasagna (Dairy, Gebrokts) Serves 4-6 “Are you Kosher Like Me?” Liz Rueven asks on her website called, appropriately, “Kosher Like Me” (www.kosherlikeme.com). If you are, the Westport cook… Read more
- Chanukah Meets Thanksgiving…in the kitchen
- Connecticut College proves the ever-delicious (and kosher) Oreo to be a gateway drug
- ‘Kaddish, Women’s Voices’ depicts struggle between modernity and modern Orthodoxy
Spotlight on Business
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Warren Buffett lauds Israel
(JNS.org) Dubbed the “start-up nation” for its culture of innovation in a book by Dan Senor and Saul Singer, Israel received praise last week from world-famous billionaire investor Warren… Read more
- Spotlight on … Jonathan Reiner
- Creative Chanukah Gifts for Kids
- Yiddish Book Center Named Slingshot “Standard Bearer”
