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Rabbi Stanley Kessler receives honorary doctorate from U of Hartford
WEST HARTFORD – Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler, the founding rabbi of Beth El Temple in West Hartford, was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Hartford at the school’s… Read more
West Hartford rabbi wins Day School award
WEST HARTFORD – Rabbi Ilana Garber, an associate rabbi at Beth El Temple in West Hartford, has been selected as the first alumni award presented by the Solomon Schechter Day… Read more
Giving thanks to good friends
…in Stamford Almost 1,000 people attended the Friendship Circle’s Evening of Appreciation at the Stamford Hilton Hotel on June 1 to thank the group’s teen volunteers and families for all they… Read more
Remembering the Hartford circus fire 70 years later
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford will host a panel discussion to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Hartford circus fire at the Society’s annual meeting, on Tuesday, June… Read more
ADL Launches I-Pitch for Israel, Pro-Israel Week at UConn
This past semester at the University of Connecticut, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Connecticut office launched the I-Pitch for Israel Fellowship, a program for students interested in Israel advocacy. The fellowship… Read more
Woodbridge students participate in Young Engineers Conference
LAWRENCE, N.Y. – Connecticut young engineers displayed their new devices, sensors and robotic innovations at the largest CIJE Young Engineers Conference held at the Hebrew Academy of Five Towns and… Read more
West Hartford day school raises $375,000
WEST HARTFORD – More than 550 people attended the annual Ner Tamid “Eternal Light” Gala hosted by Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford, held at Hartford’s Bushnell Theater in… Read more
Stamford teen named Bronfman Youth Fellow
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Sally Klapper of Stamford is among 26 high school students from across North America selected for the prestigious Bronfman Fellowship program. The new class of Bronfman… Read more
Singing for a cure for Crohn’s disease
ORANGE – Dasi Sessel, a tenth-grader from Orange, never considered age as a barrier to changing the world. So, as soon as she began pursuing her passion for singing in… Read more
Hebrew High School welcomes a new Torah
The community came out in force on Sunday, May 18, as the Hebrew High School of New England (HHNE) welcomed their first sefer Torah. For HHNE, it was the culmination… Read more
