Southern New England Jewish Ledger
Hillel at 90 – The Jewish campus organization comes of age
By Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org When recent rabbinical school graduate Rabbi Benjamin Frankel began a part-time clerical position in 1923…
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Daughters of the American Revolution (yes, the DAR) award grant to Connecticut synagogue
By Cindy Mindell DANIELSON – This eastern Connecticut community isn’t even a town – it’s a borough of Killingly,…
Conversation with David Horovitz
“That fundamental atmosphere of hostility to Israel, that refusal to accept the legitimacy of Jewish sovereignty, has to change on the Palestinian…
The Sunshine Boys lights up Connecticut stage…with two veteran Jewish actors
By Cindy Mindell As “Lewis and Clark,” Al Lewis and Willie Clark were the toast of vaudeville. After 40…
Mark Shenkman to receive Hillel International’s top honor
Special to the Ledger WASHINGTON (March 13, 2014) – Greenwich philanthropist and financier Mark R. Shenkman has been named…
Jo-Ann Price honored by Jewish High School of CT
WOODBRIDGE – Jo-Ann Price was honored recently at the Jewish High School of Connecticut (JHSC) annual gala on May 18…
New Report on Israel education in Jewish day schools
Special to the Ledger NEW YORK, N.Y. – Sixty-six years after its establishment, Israel remains a central feature of…
KOLOT – Yellow Brick Orchard
By Joseph Fleischman Joseph Fleischman offers an ode to New Haven’s Congregation Beth Israel – aka the Orchard Street Shul…
Seeking a kidney donor
The Maine Jewish community has put out a call for help for a woman in need of a kidney donor….
Billionaire Lewis Katz was a major Jewish philanthropist
Lewis Katz, 72, co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Daily News and Philly.com, as well as a major philanthropist in…
