Southern New England Jewish Ledger
American Jewish student fatally stabbed as protests rock Egypt
By Kristen Mott and Sean Savage/JNS.org Part of this story originally appeared in the Cleveland Jewish News Andrew…
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Conservative congregations consider interfaith burial
By Cindy Mindell When Rosh HaShanah dawns in early September, Congregation Adath Israel in Middletown will have a new interfaith…
Conversation with… Dr. Robert Alter
Hebrew language scholar reignites the beauty of the Bible By Cindy Mindell Award-winning author and scholar Dr. Robert Alter has been…
New Stamford Jewish youth director brings diversity to the table
By Cindy Mindell STAMFORD – Isaiah Rothstein was at the Young Israel of Stamford Youth House, his usual hangout on…
Shalom u-l’hitraot! Connecticut bids farewell to its Israeli Young Emissaries
By Cindy Mindell Every August, a select group of recent Israeli high school graduates arrive in the communities throughout Connecticut…
Act II — The Colchester cemetery dispute lives on
By Cindy Mindell COLCHESTER – The 2011 Connecticut lawsuit heard around the world is not finished reverberating. The…
Spotlight on…Third Age Initiative graduate Mary Eisenberg
By Alex Putterman HARTFORD — More than 50 years ago, Mary Eisenberg discovered Judaism. Now, a half-century later, she embodies…
NY Times: Why is Kerry focused on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Against a backdrop of raging civil war in Syria and emerging chaos in Egypt, the New…
BY THE NUMBERS – Who cares about Israel most? Jewish Journalists
American Jewish journalists who work for specifically Jewish media outlets are by and large more pro-Israel than are their readers…
“World War Z” angers pro-Palestinians
(JNS.org) Palestinian supporters accuse Brad Pitt’s latest apocalyptic movie “World War Z” of pro-Israel bias by depicting Israel as…
