A calendar of events   WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Colchester – Giant Menorah Lighting on the Colchester Town Green, hosted by Chabad Jewish Center; hot cider, latkes, music, raffles; 6 p.m.;… Read more »

A West Hartford man’s quest to honor a Ukrainian archbishop By Cindy Mindell WEST HARTFORD — Every year, a commission assembled by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem considers candidates to be honored… Read more »

By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org NEW YORK – On a boat departing Egypt for America in 1963, Lucette Lagnado’s father screamed “Take us back to Cairo!” He would never come to peace with… Read more »

By Cindy Mindell WOODBRIDGE – The Jewish High School of Connecticut (JHSC) in Woodbridge is the first school in the state to offer the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education’s… Read more »

On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Connecticut remembers moment frozen in time By Judie Jacobson On Friday, Nov. 22, 1963, I was sitting in Mrs. Crystal’s… Read more »

By Linda Gradstein/The Media Line The Israeli team of 125 doctors, nurses, and logistics officers arrived on the Philippine island of Cebu on Thursday night, Nov. 14 and started treating… Read more »

Louisville professor examines Jewish life in small-town America By Cindy Mindell Lee Shai Weissbach is professor of history at the University of Louisville, where he has also served as chair… Read more »

Jonathan Green joins the family business By Cindy Mindell FAIRFIELD – Sixty-five years after Abraham L. Green opened Fairfield County’s first funeral home to serve the Jewish community, his grandson… Read more »

Jewish Connecticut Responds to the Pew Survey of American Jews By Cindy Mindell Now that the dust has settled a bit on the Pew Research Center’s “A Portrait of Jewish… Read more »

Hebrew high school’s new Torah completes a family’s personal story By Cindy Mindell WEST HARTFORD – This story begins with tefillin and ends, 75 years later, with a Torah scroll. … Read more »