Welcome to the Greater New Haven Jewish Community!

Are you new to the area? Do you know someone who is? We hope you will contact us at 203 387-2424 to receive a welcome basket courtesy of the Federation's Women's Division - our gift to you, and an opportunity to begin to meet your new neighbors.

You'll want to know all about our vibrant Jewish community!
To learn about all that Greater New Haven Jewish communal life has to offer, search the Community Resources database to link to every agency and program from day schools and summer camps to synagogues and kosher meals on wheels.

Browse the interactive English / Hebrew Community Calendar to learn detailed information about upcoming JCC cultural programs, functions and fundraisers, Shabbat candle lighting times, educational opportunities and more - with links to sponsoring agencies.

Jewish New Haven
Our area is proud to host 15 synagogues and 7 additional places of Jewish worship including Conservative, Reform and Orthodox, Chabad, a summer minyan and more. The membership of our Board of Rabbis reflects the great wealth of Jewish scholarship, devotion to Jewish life, and social action and active participation in the Jewish, interfaith and secular communities.

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Our community benefits from nine Jewish Agencies including:

• B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO)
  
• Camp Laurelwood
  
• Ezra Academy
  
• Hebrew High School of New England
  
• Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven
  
• Jewish Family Service
• Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven
  
• The Jewish Home for the Aged
  
• New Haven Hebrew Day School
  
• Tower One / Tower East
  
• UCONN Hillel
  
• Yale Hillel
• Yeshiva of New Haven
  

Click here to learn more about all of our agencies and organizations.

Greater New Haven
The Greater New Haven Community encompasses 26 cities and towns in South Central Connecticut and includes urban centers, beautiful New England landscapes and the elegant Long Island Sound shoreline. Established Jewish communities thrive in New Haven and its immediate environs, while younger suburban communities grow and prosper.

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Yale University, located in downtown New Haven, enhances Greater New Haven community life through cultural activities and through a wealth of Jewish scholars who give their time and knowledge to teach through the Department of Jewish Education's renowned adult education programming and at synagogues.

New Haven also boasts a wide range of arts, music and other cultural activities for children and adults, including a renowned arts festival that attracts performers from all over the globe.

The Greater New Haven Jewish Community welcomes you! Click here to begin to learn about all that awaits you!