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Beyond Crown: Southern Connecticut takes steps to keep its community kosher
By Howard Blas Several weeks ago, Hartford Courant commentator Colin McEnroe summed up the imminent demise of West Hartford’s Crown Supermarket in a brief Courant blog post entitled, “Nooooooo.”… Read more
Three reports from the AIPAC Convention
Dateline: Washington, D.C. On March 2 – 4, many rabbis, students and Jewish community leaders from Connecticut were among the 14,000 attendees at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee… Read more
Purim – Sunday, March 16th
Purim & the poor in Israel By Judy Lash Balint/JNS.org Israelis take Purim seriously—kids get the day off school, many towns put on a lively Purim parade, and the… Read more
Two Stamford women win National Jewish Book Award
The woman’s voice in Kaddish By Cindy Mindell STAMFORD – Some of the most thoughtful ideas emerge from the most difficult experiences. Barbara Ashkenas was mourning the loss of… Read more
And Justice for All
An Israeli woman fights terrorists…one lawsuit at a time By Cindy Mindell If you think terrorism can’t be successfully combated, you haven’t heard of Nitsana Darshan-Leitner. The attorney from… Read more
Steal a Pencil for Me
New opera tells the story of love and survival during the Holocaust By Cindy Mindell In June 1943, Ina Soep, the wealthy and beautiful daughter of an Amsterdam diamond-cutter, met… Read more
Dim the Lights!
The Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival — March 20 – 30 Silence your cell phones, unwrap your candies, make note of the exits — the reel is about… Read more
Jewish teens tackle world issues at Yeshiva University’s Model UN
By Cindy Mindell STAMFORD – The United Nations is in session. Sam Collins, Croatian delegate to the World Intellectual Property Organization, rises to address the debate on a topic currently… Read more
Conversation with Josh Aronson
Award-winning film director brings Orchestra of Exiles to Westport Mar. 23 By Cindy Mindell In the early 1930s, Hitler began firing Jewish musicians across Europe. Overcoming extraordinary obstacles, Polish-Jewish violinist… Read more
Solomon Schechter announces new head of school
By Cindy Mindell WEST HARTFORD – The coming academic year will see a change in leadership at Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford. Andrea Kasper has been appointed… Read more
