Feature Stories

Teshuvah, and Cooperation With Feds, Pay Off

January 21st, 2015 | by LedgerOnline

By Paul Bass The following is an excerpt of a story reprinted with permission of the “New Haven Independent” (www.newhavenindependent.org).

January 21st, 2015 | by LedgerOnline

This month, the University of Hartford’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies embarked upon a series of projects with the

January 21st, 2015 | by LedgerOnline

By Anthony Weiss LOS ANGELES (JTA) – Although it’s now well entrenched in the Hollywood ecosystem, the Sundance Film Festival

January 14th, 2015 | by LedgerOnline

Among some Jews, little faith in French authorities… and other stories By Cnaan Liphshiz PARIS (JTA) — When he heard

January 14th, 2015 | by LedgerOnline

By Cindy Mindell SOUTHINGTON – Last month, the congregants of Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation (GSJC) prepared an unusual

January 14th, 2015 | by LedgerOnline

By Cindy Mindell SOUTH WINDSOR – Last month, when Rabbi Jeffrey Glickman and his wife, Mindy Radler Glickman, checked in

January 14th, 2015 | by LedgerOnline

By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — How big of a “We” were the Jews in “We shall overcome”?

January 7th, 2015 | by LedgerOnline

By Cindy Mindell Since Congregation Rodfe Zedek of Moodus merged with Congregation Beth Shalom of Deep River in the mid-‘90s,

January 7th, 2015 | by LedgerOnline

“Nationwide, the Federation is going through an identity crisis, moving from primarily a fundraising philanthropic organization to one that positions

January 7th, 2015 | by LedgerOnline

By Cindy Mindell BLOOMFIELD – The story has become a familiar one in modern American Jewish history: as a community