In these unusual times of staying home to stay safe, it is easy to distance ourselves from our “usual” community responsibilities. Women’s Philanthropy members have been busy making cloth masks in addition to “Zooming” to meetings, exercise classes, shivas (unfortunately), classroo…
Life Lessons Learned in the IDF
I drafted into the IDF nearly a year and a half ago, right before Hanukkah began. I was fresh out of college and full of ideals and motivations that were mainly abstract. It was important to me to make aliyah and to serve in the army because I felt an obligat…
Throughout my childhood in Greater New Haven, my Jewish identity was integrally woven into the fabric of my life. When I spent a gap year in Israel, my Jewish identity became linked with my emerging “Israeli” identity, and all of these experiences ignited my desire to return and give bac…
By Susan Donovan, Director of Fitness & Wellness Services
Our world has been hit by this pandemic. Whether we are directly impacted or not, we have all been affected in one way or another. It might be worrying a bit more about the health of our family and friends, disruptions in our sleep o…
“When we started hearing at the end of February from colleagues working with the homeless on the West Coast—especially in Seattle—we knew we needed to think about how to help our homeless here self-isolate and maintain social distancing since they could not do so in transitional homes …
