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A Community-based Family Business: Abel Caterers, Inc.

As the fourth-generation owner of a family business, Meredith Abel shares the story of Abel Caterers, her strong commitment to the community and the Jewish values she relies on.

New Haven Board of Rabbis & Cantors: A Statement about George Floyd

As rabbis and cantors of the Greater New Haven Jewish community, we cannot be silent at a time of communal crisis. We add our voices to those avowing the principles of our democracy and mourning the senseless murder of George Floyd. We stand in solidarity with our Black neighbors, including …

JFNA Statement on the Death of George Floyd

The Jewish Federations of North America is outraged and sickened by the violence of the Minneapolis police officers that led to the death of George Floyd. We share in the heartbreak, pain and sorrow provoked by his loss and the loss of many others through sordid acts of hate and bigotry. May…

JCPA Statemet of Solidarity with the Black Community

The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven and its Jewish Community Relations Council is signed on this statement of solidarity authored by the Jewish Council for Public Affair. 

A Statement of Solidarity 
 
We, the undersigned, are outraged at the killing of George Floyd at the hands …

JCRC Open Letter on the Killing of Mr. George Floyd

 

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Dear Friends,

The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) at the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven is outraged by the killing of Mr. George Floyd, a subdued, handcuffed  African American man, pleading for help, was suffocated by a former Minneapolis poli…

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