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Summer…time to relax with a good read
Summertime is the perfect time to curl up with a good book. What to read? When we put out the word that we were seeking suggestions from people around the… Read more
Conversation with Professor Stuart Miller — Connecticut excavation sheds light on early 20th-century Jewish life
By Cindy Mindell HARTFORD — A University of Connecticut professor and a state archeologist made national and international headlines last week with an unexpected discovery in Chesterfield, a former Jewish… Read more
Mavens at the grill — Connecticut BBQ team competes in national kosher cook-off
By Cindy Mindell TRUMBULL – Last summer, the Long Island Kosher BBQ Championship and Kosher Food Festival made its debut. The event was the brainchild of Marvin Rembo, a member… Read more
A sip, a bite, a bestseller: A Jewish women’s book group grows in Greenwich
By Cindy Mindell GREENWICH – It was a simple idea concocted by a group friends, a monthly night out for women – a little nosh seasoned with a lot… Read more
Woodbridge day schooler finds a world of meaning in one simple act of kindness
By Cindy Mindell WOODBRIDGE – It’s been 27 years since 30-something Laura Schroff offered to buy lunch for 11-year-old panhandler Maurice Mazyck on 56th Street in Manhattan. The resulting friendship… Read more
Worcester rabbi was longest serving Chabad emissary
Rabbi Hershel Fogelman, the longest serving Chabad-Lubavitch emissary, who led the growth of Jewish life in Massachusetts, died on June 2 at the age of 91. Fogelman immigrated to the… Read more
Netanyahu on Iranian election
(JNS.org) Iran president-elect Hassan Rohani, who is considered a relative moderate, “doesn’t call the shots” when it comes to Iran’s nuclear program, but rather, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sdoes,… Read more
Kim Jong-un gives out copies of ‘Mein Kampf’ as birthday gift
(JNS.org) North Korea’s enigmatic leader Kim Jong-un gave out copies of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf to North Korean leaders during his birthday celebrations last January, according to a report on Monday… Read more
The Jewish Man of Steel
Before you settle into your seat, bucket of popcorn in hand, to see the new Superman movie “Man of Steel,” already a box office sensation, you may want to read… Read more
Father’s Day — What does it mean to be a Jewish father?
Anyone who has read a Philip Roth novel or watched a Woody Allen film might conclude that to be a Jewish father means to be a bit player in that… Read more
