June 1st, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Stacey Dresner MIDDLETOWN – Matt Renetzky hails from Los Angeles where he was raised in a Conservative Jewish home, was active in United Synagogue Youth (USY) and attended Camp Ramah. Since arriving at Wesleyan University ... Read More →
June 1st, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
NEW HAVEN – The Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven, the region’s Jewish community endowment and grant-maker, has announced the availability of two college scholarships. For more information and/or to apply, visit jewishnewhaven.org/scholarships or contact Beth ... Read More →
June 1st, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
WEST HARTFORD – Ninety-eight percent of the residents of Hoffman SummerWood in West Hartford believe the assisted living facility has provided them with opportunities they would not have had if they remained at home, according to ... Read More →
June 1st, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
WEST HARTFORD – The Mandell JCC in West Hartford has announced the appointment of Chris Mansfield as youth theater director. Mansfield will direct the JCC’s fall 2017 youth theater production for grades 3-8. In his new ... Read More →
May 24th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
Congregation Beth Israel – also known as The Orchard Street Shul – will host a Gala Reception and Concert on Sunday, June 11 at 2:30 p.m. The gala will feature a performance by the internationally renowned ... Read More →
May 24th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
Barbara Fink has been appointed religious school principal of The Emanuel Synagogue in West Hartford, it was announced recently by the synagogue’s president, Dr. Sheila Silverman. “Barbara brings a refreshing combination of passion, knowledge and boundless ... Read More →
May 24th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
Joyce Backman, a resident of Westport and a member of the Connecticut Region of Hadassah, recently returned from a week-long briefing in Israel that focused on current events as well as the women’s Zionist organization’s project ... Read More →
May 24th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
AMHERST, Massachusetts – The sixth annual Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music will feature a special performance of “A Night in the Old Marketplace,” a multimedia folk oratorio by Frank London, a founding member of the ... Read More →
May 17th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
Nate Shor is turning 100. Which means he was born in 1917 – the same year Woodrow Wilson began his second term as president; the U.S. entered World War I; Jews were expelled from Tel Aviv ... Read More →
May 17th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
AMHERST, Mass. – The Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project is celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month with a special video series that looks at the culture and customs of Jewish communities across the United States. ... Read More →
By Judie Jacboson MADISON – Camp Laurelwood, Connecticut’s only Jewish Read more →
WEST HARTFORD – Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford (JFS), Read more →
Hartford – In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017, Read more →
WASHINGTON – Roberta Satow Wool, author of Two Sisters of Read more →
WEST HARTFORD – The Commission on Jewish Education and Leadership Read more →
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