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Feb 28, 2020

Honoring the Dedicated Work of Jack and Helen Davis

Helen Hyman Davis (Oct. 6, 1930-Dec. 22, 2019) grew up on Long Island before eventually making her way to Connecticut, where she left a legacy in the Jewish community with her husband, Jack.

After getting married in 1954, Jack and Helen moved to Madison in 1956, where there were only a hand…

Feb 28, 2020

jHaven Organizes Community-wide Multifaith Event for Rock to Rock 2020

Updated March 11, 2020 at 9:30 AM:

For the second year in a row, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven’s jHaven group will partner with students, lay leaders and professionals from faith groups throughout the New Haven area to host a multifaith hike, bike ride and celebration on Sund…

Feb 28, 2020

Ezra Academy Receives Jewish Education Grant

Ezra Academy is the proud recipient of a Jewish Education Innovation Challenge Grant (JEIC), awarded by the Mayberg Foundation. The Mayberg Foundation invests in organizations and initiatives with bold ideas to inspire, educate and strengthen Jewish communities. The JEIC grant is for radical…

Feb 21, 2020

A Letter of Support to Our Chinese American and Chinese Communities

A Letter of Support to Our Friends in the Chinese American and Chinese Communities

Full Article: https://www.jewishpublicaffairs.org/a-letter-of-support-to-our-friends-in-the-chinese-american-and-chinese-communities/

February 21, 2020

  

In response to rising xenophobia aimed at the C…

Feb 21, 2020

Photographs of Jewish Calcutta

Jael Silliman, who was born in Calcutta, will lead a discussion about that Jewish community and the current exhibition, Sanjeet Chowdhury, Photographs of Jewish Calcutta. She has written on Jewish Calcutta, including Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women’s Narratives from a Diaspora of …

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