Southern New England Jewish Ledger
Hunger Action Month: Jewish Connecticut responds
By Cindy Mindell September is Hunger Action Month, a nationwide campaign mobilizing the public to take action on the issue…
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Visiting gravesites during the High Holiday season
Connecticut rabbis shed light on an age-old custom By Cindy Mindell The traditional attitude of Judaism was not to encourage…
Conversation with Dr. Leslie Lobel
A Ben-Gurion University scientist leading the search for an Ebola cure, says infectious viruses are on the move…as the world…
Bringing A Bintel Brief back to life
Graphic novelist interprets the bygone Yiddish advice column By Cindy Mindell Liana Finck calls drawing her first language, a medium…
KOLOT – Jerusalem Diary, August 2014
By Rabbi Yitzchok Adler Rabbi Yitzchok Adler, spiritual leader of Beth David Synagogue in West Hartford, recently returned from a…
Israel providing U.S. with satellite intel on Islamic State
(JNS.org) Israel is providing the U.S. with satellite images of Islamic State positions, as well as intelligence information on individuals…
Abbas threatens to dissolve Palestinian unity government
(JNS.org) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas threatened to dissolve the unity government between his Fatah faction and Hamas. “Hamas must…
Israeli-founded company SuperDerivatives sells for $350 million
(JNS.org) Financial giant Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has agreed to purchase the Israeli-founded SuperDerivatives for an estimated $350 million. The deal…
J Street co-sponsors event with anti-Israel group at Swarthmore
(JNS.org) The self-labeled “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobby J Street states that it opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against…
IDF court indicts Hamas mastermind for teens’ murder
(JNS.org) The IDF military court on Thursday, Sept. 4 indicted Hamas mastermind Hussam Kawasme for the kidnapping and murder of…
