Bob Fishman learns to teach about antisemitism
In July 2019, West Hartford resident Bob Fishman, executive director of the Connecticut Immigrant & Refugee Coalition (CIRC) and former…
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West Hartford woman on the front line
Talya Markus, a fifth-year medical student at Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, is among a group of Israeli med students…
Rabbi James Greene appointed head of Connecticut’s Camp Laurelwood
MADISON – Rabbi James Greene has been named executive director of Camp Laurelwood, Connecticut’s only Jewish overnight camp, it was…
Partnering up for online learning
Like day schools all across the state, thanks to state-of-the-art distance learning pro-grams, students at Solomon Schechter Day School in…
Sherry Haller announces run for CT General Assembly
WEST HARTFORD – Sherry Haller, a life-long resident of West Hartford, has announced her candidacy as a Democrat for the…
Journalist fires up new initiative to feed those on the virus front lines
By Shiryn Ghermezian (JNS) A new project that launched this week focuses on providing kosher meals to Jewish healthcare workers…
Iran has been hit hard by the coronavirus. So?
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) – Iran by its own accounting is the fifth-ranked among nations in coronavirus fatalities. Outside…
Israel’s pre-Passover egg shortage is no yolk. But millions of imported eggs are on the way.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A ship carrying millions of eggs arrived in Israel’s Ashdod port on Sunday in an effort to…
Rabbi Osher Yaakov Westheim, renowned British authority on kosher laws, dies of coronavirus
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — Rabbi Osher Yaakov Westheim was considered “a towering figure” in the United Kingdom city of…
In her debut novel, Weston native Jennifer Rosner speaks of a mother’s enduring love
By Stacey Dresner In her debut novel The Yellow Bird Sings, Weston native Jennifer Rosner writes about a mother and…
