Among their stops, participants in the Jewish Historical
Society’s trip to Russia, led by Sam Kassow (front row,
second from right), toured the Summer Palace in
St. Petersburg.

In July, 34 members of Connecticut’s Jewish communities took off for a trip to Russia and Lithuania led by Professor Samuel Kassow of Trinity College and sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford. Included in the group’s itinerary were visits to museums, palaces, memorials, and the Jewish ghettos of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vilnius and Kovno.