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Oct 3, 2017

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Safety Net for Flooded Holocaust Survivors: When Cherished Photos are Lost

Shawn Golan’s 80-year-old grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, was stranded on the island in her kitchen while the floodwater rose all around her. For nearly six hours, strong currents on the streets around her house made it impossible for rescuers to reach her.

“I would have put on my wa…

Aug 1, 2017

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Be the Jewish Community You Want To See

Economic crisis. Rising anti-Semitism. Population decline.

It’s not easy being Jewish in Italy today. But that just makes Joseph and Sharon work even harder to show their pride in their Jewish and Italian heritage, pride they developed at Liceo Renzo Levi, Federation partner World ORT’s…

Jul 21, 2017

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#JFedMissions: A Link to Our Global Jewish Community

The Jewish Federation, Foundation and JCC of Greater New Haven is your link to our global Jewish community. I was reminded of this as Steve Fleischman, Lisa Stanger and I participated on the Jewish Federations of North America FRD Mission to Ukraine and Israel this past week and tr…

Jul 20, 2017

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Federation Provides Emergency Assistance to Victims of Tzfat Wildfire

This Sunday (July 16) a wild brushfire swept through the Canaan neighborhood in the northern city of Tzfat, fueled by exceptionally hot, dry weather. Hundreds of individuals and families were evacuated from their homes, some of which sustained irreparable damage and will need to be entire…

Jul 11, 2017

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"We Are Not Forgotten"

One of the last surviving members of a prominent Jewish family of carpenters in the Konkan villages about three hours south of Mumbai, India, 73-year-old Milka Waskar depends on the help she receives from Federation partner JDC to live.

A retired plantation farmer, Milka suffers from asthma…

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