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Shalom TV now available on Optimum

Shalom TV now available on Optimum

BETHPAGE, N.Y. – Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today announced the addition of the new Shalom TV Channel to Optimum’s line-up. Shalom TV is available on channel 138. “We are… Read more »

Holiday Photo Contest

Holiday Photo Contest

The Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Western CT is sponsoring a Family Traditions Photo Contest this holiday season. Families are asked to share a favorite holiday tradition with the… Read more »

Perform a Christmas day mitzvah!

Perform a Christmas day mitzvah!

Hebrew Health Care is seeking volunteers for its Christmas Day Mitzvah Program. Volunteers take over certain staff duties on Christmas day, so that staff members may celebrate the holiday with… Read more »

Hospice Volunteers Needed

Hospice Volunteers Needed

Hebrew Health Care Hospice is looking for people and pet companions who want to share their time and talents with our hospice patients in a variety of settings. In particular,… Read more »

On the Web:  Chanukah 101

On the Web: Chanukah 101

To help get you into the holiday spirit, the students at Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa came up with an innovative method for lighting a menorah using their… Read more »

Vayeshev

Vayeshev

We have just concluded the biblical account of the rivalry between Jacob and Esau for the birthright-blessings, the momentous conflict regarding the heir to the mission and covenant of Abraham. … Read more »

The Maccabees and Jewish athletics

The Maccabees and Jewish athletics

By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org   Jewish athletes from around the world gather every four years in Israel for the Olympic-style Maccabiah Games, not to mention the annual JCC Maccabi Youth Games… Read more »

Dreidel: Fun Facts

Dreidel: Fun Facts

By Binyamin Kagedan/JNS.org   ▪                The word dreidel is Yiddish, and comes from the German verb dreihen, meaning “to spin.” Dreidel literally means “little spinner.” The first dreidel players were… Read more »

Q&A with…Harold & Gayle Berman

Q&A with…Harold & Gayle Berman

Former Springfield, Mass. Federation head and his wife author a book about intermarriage and conversion By Stacey Dresner Four years ago, members of the Springfield, Mass. Jewish community said goodbye… Read more »

TORAHPortion: Vayishlach

TORAHPortion: Vayishlach

By Shlomo Riskin Jacob has left Laban and Laban-land behind and – after more than two decades of living in exile – returned to his ancestral land of Israel. He… Read more »

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