60 Minutes: At War With The Truth
By Cindy Mindell On April 22, 2012 CBS’s 60 Minutes aired “Christians of the Holy Land,” reported by... Read more
“A Jew Grows in Brooklyn” — A Conversation with Jake Ehrenreich
NEW YORK, N.Y. — When Jake Ehrenreich was growing up in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn in the... Read more
New Haven philanthropist Morris Trachten z”l was “a living Torah”
By Cindy Mindell NEW HAVEN — Morris N. Trachten, a leading Connecticut Jewish philanthropist, died on May... Read more
Rabbi Yitzchok and Leslie Adler to be honored in West Hartford
By Leonard Felson WEST HARTFORD — Rabbi Yitzchok Adler, a first-generation American whose German-Jewish... Read more
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- 60 Minutes: At War With The Truth
- “A Jew Grows in Brooklyn” — A Conversation with Jake Ehrenreich
- New Haven philanthropist Morris Trachten z”l was “a living Torah”
- Rabbi Yitzchok and Leslie Adler to be honored in West Hartford
- Report: Possible link between Boston bombers and triple homicide
- BY THE NUMBERS – Israelis and ‘Women of the Wall’
- El Al flies high in Greenwich
- Greenwich synagogue honors five
- Hawking boycotts Israeli conference
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A match made in West Hartford
Paul Matasovski has only known Jonathan Reuben for seven months, but you’d never guess that watching the two men chat over coffee in West Hartford Center one recent morning. Reuben,… Read more
El Al flies high in Greenwich
On April 29, five El Al Israel Airlines flight attendants talked about their home country at an event sponsored by UJA-Greenwich and held at a private home in Greenwich…. Read more
Norwalk rabbi attends Holocaust Museum anniversary event
Four thousand people showed up in Washington, D.C. earlier this month to mark the 20th anniversary of the United the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Among those on hand to… Read more
Announcing…the line-up for “Judaism & Baseball” at CT retreat center
On June 28-30 – the height of the baseball season, baseball experts, including former players, journalists and others, will come together at Camp Isabella Freedman Retreat Center in Falls Village in… Read more
High protein foods needed for food pantry
SOUTHBURY — Brownstein Jewish Family Service (JFS) in Southbury is again teaming up with United Way and the Greater Waterbury Emergency Food Resource Committee, a coalition of area food pantries… Read more
CT Briefs
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Jewish High School of CT hooks up with Yale
WOODBRIDGE – The Jewish High School of Connecticut (JHSC) will introduce a program this fall that allows students at the Woodbridge school to take courses at Yale University in New Haven,… Read more
- BY THE NUMBERS: Teens and the Jewish Future
- Harvard students receive club invitations excluding Jews
- Alzheimer’s Association program at Southbury Federation
Jewish Life
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Torah Portion — Naso
By Shlomo Riskin This week’s reading of Naso describes the “sota,” the woman who acts immodestly. At the very least, she sequesters herself alone with a man despite the fact… Read more
- TorahPortion: Bamidbar/Shavuot
- Former Westport rabbinic intern joins St. Louis synagogue
- KOLOT: The status of Brit Milah today
Milestones
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B’NAI MITZVAH
LUKE ADELSTEIN, son of Pamela Adelstein and Mitchell Adelstein, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 18 at Congregation Beth El in Fairfield. CALLI BEATMAN, daughter of… Read more
- Greenwich synagogue honors five
- B’NAI MITZVAH
- Deborah Katchko-Gray marks a milestone at Ridgefield shul
National/World
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IRS flagging pro-Israel groups
(JNS.org) The admission of a policy violation by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in which it flagged conservative political groups who used the words “tea party” or “patriot” in their… Read more
- Israel and China sign trade agreement
- Hawking boycotts Israeli conference
- Muslim countries among top violators of religious freedom
Opinion
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The U.S. Holocaust museum at 20
By Rafael Medoff/JNS.org When President Bill Clinton stepped to the podium at the opening of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., 20 years ago, most of the… Read more
- The Church of Scotland’s Scandal
- Claims Conference Issues Unresolved
- Hawking’s Boycott of Israel is Intellectually & Morally Disreputable
Special Features
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Jewish Ledger Guide to Summer Camp
Camp Half Moon Camp Half Moon is celebrating 91 amazing summers in the Berkshires. Experience the adventure and excitement this summer with over 45 elective activities. Beautiful lakeside campus, heated… Read more
- CELEBRATIONS WINTER 2013
- PREPARING FOR THE HOLIDAYS Feeding the spirit
- Photo Exhibit of Ugandan Jews at Mandell JCC
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”
