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Jul 17, 2020

Baking Challah for Community and Charity

by Abby Sauberman

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, my family found it difficult to make it to the grocery store each week to get a challah for Shabbat. Additionally, ingredients like flour and yeast were sparse in grocery stores, but I was able to get my hands on a large quantity …

Jul 10, 2020

Mitzvah Garden Growing Strong at Temple Beth David

COVID-19 can’t stop the Mitzvah Garden at Temple Beth David in Cheshire. With appropriate social distancing procedures in place, the 2020 season of the Mitzvah Garden is in full swing.

Jul 10, 2020

Eliraz Shifman Berman: Some Reflections on Israeli and US Jewry Relations

Starting my journey back to Israel after spending three years in the Greater New Haven Jewish community brought me to once again reflect on the connection between Israeli and American Jewry.

Jul 6, 2020

Jewish Historical Society: Samuel Campner, New Haven’s Jewish Mayor

The Jewish Historical Soecity spotlights Samuel Campner, a young Jewish figure who made a difference in New Haven politics and in the local Jewish community during the early 1900s as New Haven’s youngest, briefest and only Jewish mayor.

Jul 6, 2020

How Your Campaign Donations are Powering the Community

Amy Holtz, Chief Development Officer

The Jewish Federation annual campaign is the backbone of our community; it is here in “normal” times and during a crisis such as a global pandemic (COVID-19), hurricane relief, anti-Semitic incidents and other emergency efforts. We can only help thro…

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