Feature Stories

Jared Kushner’s grandmother on being a refugee: ‘The doors of the world were closed to us’

February 1st, 2017 | by LedgerOnline

By Josefin Dolsten (JTA) – Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law and senior adviser, stayed silent as protests broke out

February 1st, 2017 | by LedgerOnline

By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Where’s Jared Kushner? Supporters of President Donald Trump have often defended his election campaign against

February 1st, 2017 | by LedgerOnline

An interactive theater project asks audiences to vote on the best new drama By Cindy Mindell HARTFORD – Three excerpts

February 1st, 2017 | by Ledger Online

By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump nominated to the Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch, a federal judge known

January 25th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline

By Cindy Mindell Yair Rosenberg is a senior writer at Tablet Magazine and an editor for the Israel State Archives. Writing

January 25th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline

By Josefin Dolsten (JTA) – Donald Trump has been quick to bash the Iran nuclear deal, but slow to commit

January 25th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline

By Cindy Mindell FARMINGTON – A statewide non-profit organization dedicated to Holocaust education has branched out on its own. Voices of

January 18th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline

(JTA) — The Mandell JCC in West Hartford and the JCC of Greater New Haven in Woodbridge were among at

January 18th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline

By Cindy Mindell It’s not often that a group of teens will get together with the express purpose to talk

January 18th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline

By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — Two days after delegates from more than 70 nations attended the Paris summit on the