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Greenberg Center to present 40 student and teacher awards
Special to the Ledger WEST HARTFORD – The Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies of the University of Hartford will present awards and distribute more than $30,000 in scholarships to… Read more
Jewish Women in American Sports
“When I first told people I was doing a documentary about Jewish women in American sport, they all said, ‘Are there any?” There are many misconceptions about Jews, among them, that we… Read more
Trumbull woman heads to World Maccabiah Games
Special to the Ledger When the USA Women’s Softball team travels to Israel next summer to compete in the 19th World Maccabiah Games, the team will include Idalia Friedson of… Read more
Conversation with…Rabbi Shimmy Trencher
By Cindy Mindell “When it comes to connecting to Judaism and community, what gets in the way for a lot of kids are not religious issues but personal issues –… Read more
Connecticut synagogues make worship more accessible
By Cindy Mindell WEST HARTFORD – Last month, Beth El Temple in West Hartford became the new regular meeting site of the Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities (CTCDD). The state-appointed… Read more
IDF officers bring Israel to Stamford
By Cindy Mindell STAMFORD – For decades, Connecticut’s Jewish communities have fostered person-to-person relationships with Israel and its inhabitants. Paired with the Afula-Gilboa region, Connecticut Jewish Federations in the… Read more
KOLOT: Sandy Hook — The healing continues
Rabbi Seth & Sherri Mandell to visit Newtown By Lee Lasher My father, Howard Lasher, grew up on the corners of Suffolk and Houston Streets on Manhattan’s Lower East Side…. Read more
Boston Marathon victims, suspect treated by Israeli doctors
By Yoni Hirsch/JNS.org Many of the injured in the Boston Marathon bombings last week were rushed to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Several days later, on Friday, the two… Read more
Boston bombings elicit mixed response from Iran and jihadis
(JNS.org) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned last week’s terrorist bombings at the Boston Marathon, but at the same time used the issue as a platform to express anger… Read more
Kerry criticized for Boston Marathon remarks
(JNS.org) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has drawn criticism for using the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions to illustrate a point he was trying to make about the… Read more
