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Jan 15, 2020

Starting The New Year With Gratitude

Each January I take the opportunity to reflect on my time leading our Jewish Federation. This marks my 4th anniversary. While there is much to celebrate in our accomplishments together over these past years, my reflections at this moment are a bit more personal.

Being a Jewish woman has its…

Jan 8, 2020

The Goldstein's Love Grows Through Young Emissary Program

Last year, Sarah Goldstein and her family hosted Noa, an Israeli emissary to the Greater New Haven community. The experience had an enormous effect on Sarah; when it came time to choose a bat mitzvah project earlier this year, it didn’t take long to figure out what she wanted to do.

“Sa…

Jan 3, 2020

FedLab Event Inspired Our Jewish Federation Leadership

How can Jewish Federations across the U.S. and their partner organizations innovatively reach their communities? In November 2019 at the Jewish Federations of North America’s new FedLab event in Washington, D.C., 850 Jewish leaders gathered to delve into three issues facing our Jewish com…

Jan 3, 2020

Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven Names Honorees

Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven (JFSGNH) is proud to announce their honorees for their Spring Celebration, which will take place at Congregation B’nai Jacob on Thursday April 23, 2020, from 6-8 p.m. Debra and Richard Epstein and Betsy Flaherty will be recognized for their outs…

Jan 3, 2020

Legislators and Community Leaders Discuss Funding to Protect Synagogues

By MiriYam Judd

On Thursday, January 2, Connecticut community religious leaders, Jewish agencies and legislators came together at the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven to address and condemn recent anti-Semitic incidents and attacks as well as open a discussion on where we go fro…

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