“Step in …Be a hero” State Holocaust Commemoration honors the rescuers
By Judie Jacobson ~ HARTFORD — The first thing Anita Schorr did when she approached the podium in the Senate…
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How Judaism deals with disabilities
By Cindy Mindell ~ BRIDGEPORT – Twelve years ago, Rabbi Lynne F. Landsberg suffered a traumatic brain injury in a…
Longtime Connecticut resident honored by French government
By Cindy Mindell ~ Nearly 70 years after German bombers pinned him in his foxhole in a French field, Murray…
Q & A with Rabbi Ron Hoffberg… Beyond nostalgia: The modern-day Jewish community of Prague
By Cindy Mindell ~ Ron Hoffberg is the only Conservative rabbi in Prague, a position he has held for 11…
Saying thanks at SummerWood
The residents and staff of Hoffman SummerWood Community of West Hartford wanted to thank the various local service agencies for…
Human kindness
When Alexis Levy of West Hartford selected “Tza’ar Ba’alei Chayim” – the commandment to be kind to animals – as…
Israel at 64
By Alina Dain Sharoni / JointMedia News Service ~ In honor of Israel’s 64th birthday, which falls this year…
“Made in Israel 2012” JNF celebrates Israel’s independence with poster exhibition
By Maxine Dovere /JointMedia News Service ~ NEW YORK—Sponsored by a gallery that was founded the year Israel achieved independence,…
WHITNUM WATCH: The World According to Lee
Lee Whitnum has not attributed responsibility for the October snowstorm that left Connecticut and much of the northeast powerless to…
