Southern New England Jewish Ledger
SATURDAY, APRIL 14
Sherman – Screening “Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust,” a documentary about Israeli violinmaker Amnon Weinstein and his efforts…
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SUNDAY, APRIL 15
West Hartford – Community-wide Yom HaShoah Commemoration (Holocaust Memorial Day) featuring testimony by Holocaust survivor Abby Weiner and his daughter…
TUESDAY, APRIL 17
Ridgefield – “Have I Got a Story for You: More than a Century of Fiction from the Forward,” with author…
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
Bridgeport – Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) party; a brief service observing Yom HaZikaron (Israel Memorial Day) led by Israeli…
THURSDAY, APRIL 19
Hartford – Yom Ha’atzmaut/Israel’s 70th Birthday Celebration at the State Capitol; and an update on collaborations currently underway between CT…
Hampshire College investigates antisemitic act
(JTA) – Campus police at a Massachusetts college are investigating an incident of harassment against a Jewish student. The incident…
Jewish major donor quits over Labour Party’s antisemitism
(JTA) – One of the British Labour Party’s major donors left the party over its failure to deal with “the most…
Defense minister: IDF soldiers ‘did what was necessary’ on Gaza border
(JTA) – Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman asserted that there will not be an international inquiry into the Gaza border…
Scarlett Johansson to play German mom who hides Jewish girl
Scarlett Johansson is on board to star in a film in which she would portray a German mother hiding a…
British Labour Party leader resigns for supporting Holocaust denier
(JTA) – A British Labour Party leader has resigned after she called for the reinstatement of a City Council candidate…
