May 24th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb It was November 1938. Dark clouds were gathering over all of Europe, and particularly over the Jewish communities in countries like Poland and Lithuania. Although few foresaw the horrific extent of ... Read More →
May 17th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
The story of Israel’s efficient, high-tech dairy industry By Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org Self-driving cars. Drip irrigation. Missile defense. Milk? Amid all the buzz around Israel’s “start-up nation,” including Intel’s recent $15 billion acquisition of Mobileye, a ... Read More →
May 17th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
BENJAMIN BOMZER, son of Lara and David Bomzer, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 20 at The Emanuel Synagogue in West Hartford. MARK CHERNYAK, son of Kate Mirolyuz and Mikhail Chernyak, will celebrate his ... Read More →
May 17th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Shlomo Riskin “I am the Lord your God who brought you forth from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan to be your God.” [Lev. 25:38] Citing the verse above from ... Read More →
May 10th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
EVAN CARLSON, son of Debra and Benjamin Carlson, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday May 13 at Beth Sholom B’nai Israel in Manchester. SCOTT GILDEN, son of Regina and Bernard Gilden, will celebrate his bar ... Read More →
May 10th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Shlomo Riskin “And you shall count for yourselves from the morrow of [the first day of the Festival of Matzot]…” [Lev. 23:15] Since Judaism teaches that all Jews are responsible for each other, the hemorrhaging ... Read More →
May 2nd, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
HARRISON BLUM, son of Rachel and James Reindel, and Matthew and Katja Blum, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 6 at Beth Sholom B’nai Israel in Manchester. SAM FOXMAN, son of Ellen and Ethan ... Read More →
May 2nd, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Rabbi Tzvi Herseh Weinreb I am proud of my large library of Jewish books. My collection began on my 11th birthday with a gift from my maternal grandparents, may they rest in peace. They bought ... Read More →
April 26th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
ELLA BROWN, daughter of Betsy and Seth Brown, will celebrate her bat mitzvah on Saturday, April 29 at Beth El Temple in West Hartford. ETHAN FINK, son of Susan and Doug Fink, will celebrate his bar ... Read More →
April 26th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Shlomo Riskin “And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.” [Lev. 12:3] The mitzvah of circumcision in the portion of Tazria appears in the midst of the discussion of the ... Read More →
MEREDITH AMERMAN, daughter of Leah Glaser and Stephen Amerman, will Read more →
By Shlomo Riskin “…for the entire congregation are all holy, Read more →
RORI ARNOLD, daughter of Lisa and Mark Arnold, will celebrate Read more →
By Shlomo Riskin “Send, for yourselves, men, who will seek Read more →
Cantor Lauren Beth Levy and Dr. Eric Robert Goodman were married Read more →
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