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Merger with Yisrael Beiteinu won’t change Likud, Netanyahu says
By Mati Tuchfeld/Israel Hayom/JNS.org JERUSALEM – The Likud Central Committee on Monday, Oct. 29 officially approved by a large majority the merger with Yisrael Beiteinu ahead of the coming Knesset… Read more
Saluting Connecticut’s Veterans
Three Jewish veterans among those to be honored at State Capitol Three members of the Greater Hartford Jewish community are among the veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces who will… Read more
ELECTION 2012 The Race for the House
Rep. Jim Himes & Steve Obsitnik face off in District 4 THE CANDIDATES CONGRESSMAN JIM HIMES is currently serving his second term in Congress and is a member of the… Read more
“Funny, You Do Look Jewish”
Renowned art journalist explains what it means to look at art “Jewishly” in Chester, Nov. 4 By Cindy Mindell What does it mean to look “Jewishly” at art? Robin Cembalest,… Read more
Vandals hit Jewish cemeteries
By Cindy Mindell HARTFORD – Police and local Jewish community leaders are responding to a recent wave of vandalism in several Jewish sections of the Tower Avenue and Zion Hill… Read more
ELECTION 2012 The Race for the House Elizabeth Esty & Andrew Roraback face off in District 5
The eyes of voters this election season have been focused on the presidential election. That’s true for Connecticut voters as well – but here in the nutmeg state there are… Read more
A World Series warning… about Hitler
By Rafael Medoff/JNS.org The 1941 World Series is widely remembered as the first “Subway Series,” when two New York City teams vied for baseball’s championship. It was also the scene… Read more
Top 10 ways Israeli scientists are battling breast cancer
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, writer Abigail Klein Leichman of ISRAEL21c has put together a list of the top 10 latest Israeli advances in… Read more
Milford rabbi vows to rebuild after devastating fire
By Cindy Mindell MILFORD – The historic synagogue building may be gutted by fire, but Rabbi Schneur Wilhelm says that the Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont “is coming together and will… Read more
Medicine and halacha
Two CT men take part in Yeshiva U conference on medical dilemmas and the Holocaust By Cindy Mindell Yeshiva University’s (YU) Student Medical Ethics Society (MES) hosts its seventh annual… Read more
