By Cindy Mindell On April 22, 2012 CBS’s 60 Minutes aired “Christians of the Holy Land,” reported by Bob Simon and produced by Harry Radliffe. There were several factual errors… Read more »

NEW YORK, N.Y. — When Jake Ehrenreich was growing up in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn in the 1960s, he wanted nothing more than to be an American. But… Read more »

By Cindy Mindell NEW HAVEN — Morris N. Trachten, a leading Connecticut Jewish philanthropist, died on May 8 at Hospice of Palm Beach County, Fla. He was 87. Born in… Read more »

By Leonard Felson WEST HARTFORD — Rabbi Yitzchok Adler, a first-generation American whose German-Jewish parents survived the Holocaust, says he doesn’t remember wanting to do anything else with his life… Read more »

Every spring, Jews around the world celebrate the holiday of Shavuot, a two-day holiday, beginning at sundown of the 5th of Sivan and lasting until nightfall of the 7th of… Read more »

By Cindy Mindell Every year since 1966, the American Veterans of Israel Legacy Corporation returns to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to honor graduate Col. David “Mickey” Marcus… Read more »

By Cindy Mindell Last Chanukah, a band of Israeli musicians was sent by the Office of the Prime Minister to perform in Ukraine and Belarus. The group played in Minsk… Read more »

By Cindy Mindell GLASTONBURY – Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky was named among the Jewish Daily Forward’s list of “America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis.” The inventory, issued by the newspaper last month, includes… Read more »

By Judie Jacobson Celebrated in May, Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) is a national month of recognition of the more than 350-year history of Jewish contributions to American culture –… Read more »

By Cindy Mindell WOODBRIDGE – First there was Yiddish theater, and then the iconic English-language works: Fiddler on the Roof, The Diary of Anne Frank, anything by Neil Simon. But… Read more »