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Elbert Weinberg exhibit in Hartford
“The Animals,” an exhibition and sale of the work of the renowned Hartford-born sculptor Elbert Weinberg, will open at Real Art Ways in Hartford on Thursday, April 25, at 6:30… Read more
BOOK Review: Choosing Life in Israel
By P. David Hornik Reviewed by Ruth King David Hornik moved to Israel in 1984. In the preface to Choosing Life In Israel he states: “This book is both about… Read more
Richard Freund named book award finalist
Digging Through History, written by Dr. Richard Freund of West Hartford, has been named a 2012 Book of the Year Award finalist by ForeWord Reviews, a quarterly print journal dedicated… Read more
TORAHPortion: Shmini
By Shlomo Riskin This week’s Torah reading presents an awesome and awful scene of the heights of ecstasy merged with the depth of despair. The desert sanctuary is being dedicated,… Read more
“From Silence to Recognition”
The Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival confronts discrimination By Judie Jacobson In the summer of 1952, Perry Brickman was home in Chattanooga, Tenn. after having completed his first year… Read more
TORAHPortion: Shabbat Chol Hamoed
By Shlomo Riskin The Lord said to Moses, ‘Why do you cry out to me? Speak to the Children of Israel and let them travel’ (Exodus 14:15) The climax of… Read more
KOLOT: From Holyn To Hollywood: The Ziering Family Reunion
By Bob Liftig Kalush is a city set in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of what is now western Ukraine, formerly Poland, then Austria,… Read more
Grandparents of Interfaith Families Support Group
STAMFORD – When grandparents find themselves part of an interfaith family, the relationships between the two generations may be difficult, strained and wrought with emotional challenges. Differences between practicing traditions… Read more
Passover: Israel style
By Judy Lash Balint/JNS.org JERUSALEM—Not every Israeli observes Passover, but every Israeli knows Passover is coming. Preparations for the seven-day holiday are impossible to ignore and encroach on almost every… Read more
Conversation with… David Moss
World renowned Judaica artist sees himself as a “transformer of Jewish texts, objects, spaces and souls” By Cindy Mindell David Moss is much more than a Jewish artist or… Read more
