By Cindy Mindell In 1939, a well-to-do, young Jewish couple from Philadelphia engineered the rescue of 50 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Vienna, the largest such operation during the Holocaust. Once… Read more »

By Cindy Mindell   Months after its publication, the Pew Research Center’s survey report, “A Portrait of Jewish Americans,” continues to raise lively debate and discussion throughout the national Jewish… Read more »

By Cindy Mindell   SOUTHBURY – With the December sentencing of former board president, Jodi Churchill, Beth El Synagogue in Southbury closes the door on a three-year investigation that revealed… Read more »

Story of the Wooden Synagogue Replication Project will be told in West Hartford By Penny Schwartz   They tell their students, “You can make history.” For the last decade, Laura… Read more »

By Cindy Mindell   WEST HARTFORD – The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) has joined the list of U.S. academic institutions creating partnerships with counterparts in Israel. Last week, the… Read more »

As opposed to the Gregorian solar year, which is commonly followed in today’s world, the 12 months of the Jewish year reflect the phases of the moon. The difference between the… Read more »

An artist explores the mystery of the fish By Cindy Mindell   A decade ago, a New York fishmonger reported to artist Max Missner Budovitch that a carp had spoken… Read more »

By Mara Dresner   When Max Shakun was growing up in West Hartford, his mother, Karen Shakun, remembers he always had musical ability. More than that, he wasn’t shy about… Read more »

By Cindy Mindell   GREENWICH – This month, Jewish Family Services of Greenwich (JFS) becomes the first Jewish social services agency in the U.S. to widen its therapeutic reach via… Read more »

By Alex Traiman/JNS.org The funeral for Ariel Sharon, 11th prime minister of the State of Israel, took place on Monday, with dignitaries from 19 countries coming to pay their   last… Read more »