Southern New England Jewish Ledger
Gap Year — Preparing for college…in Israel
By Cindy Mindell According to a 2013 study by U.S. News & World Report, as many as a third of…
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Conversation with…Rabbi Robert Orkand Longtime Westport Jewish leader retires – and recollects
WESTPORT – Rabbi Robert Orkand is the closest thing to a historian of Jewish Westport. Now, after more than 30…
Two Connecticut doctors inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
By Cindy Mindell FAIRFIELD – Of the eight million patents issued in the U.S., only 487 have been chosen for…
Frank Lautenberg remembered by Jewish groups
(JNS.org and the Ledger staff) Longtime New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, who died Monday, June 3 at 89 from…
An autistic child sends a West Hartford man on a spiritual journey
By Cindy Mindell WEST HARTFORD – Ben and Leah Korenstein met in 2004 at the gravesite of Rebbe Nachman of…
Bill Clinton’s speaking fee ignites controversy
(JNS.org) A controversy has arisen over the payment of a $500,000 fee to former President Bill Clinton to address a…
Alicia Keys ignores calls to boycott Israel
(JNS.org) Pop superstar Alicia Keys said on Friday, May 31 that she will continue with her planned performance in…
BY THE NUMBERS – Who wants to be a millionaire?
According to the Boston Consulting Group’s annual global wealth report, Israel ranks 10th in the world in the…
Al-Qaida control of Syria preferable to Assad, Israeli officials say
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Senior Israeli officials told Army Radio that al-Qaida control of Syria “would be preferable to…
Kerry: Time running out on peace process
(JNS.org) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned that time is running out on the peace process during a speech…
