Balance Box Connecticut Ambassadors Jacob Schonberger and Zoe Schulman collected donations of money and supplies to create 25 activity boxes that included books, games, school supplies, an art project or toy, snacks, and a small meal.
At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and when Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) supplies were hard to come by, the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven provided much needed aid to The Towers at Tower Lane through the COVID-19 / Maimonides Response Fund. Jesse Wesco…
The Jewish Community Alliance for Refugee Resettlement (JCARR) was formed in 2015 as a partnership of five synagogues (two are Reform and three are Conservative) and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven. JCARR has successfully resettled four refugee families from the Democratic Republi…
On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven's Women's Philanthropy's Pomegranate and Lion of Judah women kicked off the campaign year at their annual fall event. While this year's program format was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it far exceeded expec…
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Prior to the pandemic, Mirna and Joe Kobel (names changed for the article) were not a wealthy couple, but they got by with Mirna’s travel industry job and Joe’s work at a print shop for their basic…
