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Q & A with Steve Brodner: Satirical illustrator turns his pen on Cantor Joseph Ness
By Cindy Mindell ~ WEST HARTFORD – Award-winning political cartoonist Steven Brodner is renowned for his work in national publications like The New Yorker, Mother Jones, and Rolling Stone. It’s… Read more
May is Jewish American Heritage Month
Celebrating the contribution of Jews to American history, culture and society. This week, Joel Chasnoff on Jewish humor, and 3 Connecticut favs: Sophie Tucker, Sol Lewitt & Totie Fields.
Westport artist’s sculpture installed in restored German synagogue
By Cindy Mindell ~ WESTPORT — Steffi Friedman was 11 in 1936 when Nazi laws began to affect Jewish life in her native Berlin. That year, Friedman and her fellow… Read more
A history of Jewish nurses in America
During the first half of the twentieth century, Jewish women who wished to train as nurses had to deal with a range of challenges, both as Jews and as women:… Read more
Jewish Women in Nursing: Trailblazers
Here is look at just a few of the trailblazing Jewish women who led the way in the field of nursing in America. AMELIA GREENWALD, 1881 – 1966 Born… Read more
“Jewish Music around the World” Mishpokhe in Fairfield May 6
By Cindy Mindell ~ FAIRFIELD – Members of any musical ensemble are something of a family, united in a group through their common craft. The five Jewish musicians of “Mishpokhe”… Read more
Jewish Poets in America
Introduced in 1996 by the Academy of American poets, April is National Poetry Month – 30 days dedicated to the celebration of poetry as a way to increase awareness and… Read more
“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 Chambers of the State Capitol in Hartford on Friday, April… Read more
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 Fink was presented with the French Legion of Honor award,… Read more
The President tours Holocaust Museum: Elie Wiesel challenges Obama over Iran, Syria
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Accompanied by author Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate, President Obama toured the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 23, a… Read more
