by MiriYam Judd
There’s an art to making something with your hands, a beauty to it that you can’t find by simply
going out and buying it. The physical act of using your effort and energy to make something all
on your own, it’s incomparable.
And that was the reasoning behind the JCC�…
Recently, with immigration so prominent in the news, we are reminded of our experience. We were, not so long ago, a group of immigrants, one of many such groups over the years, still making our way to America. The mission of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven (JHSGNH) is to c…
Congregation B’nai Jacob’s award-winning theater company, B’nai Jacob Players, has selected The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as their spring production. Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, this musical comedy about a fictional spelling bee set in a m…
The Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven has been a landmark in the Jewish community of Greater New Haven since the early 1940s. Now, JFS is offering a new service: Family Life Enrichment groups and classes. The groups are to be led by licensed social workers and will focus on improvin…
If you grew up in the United States, chances are you can sing “God Bless America.” Irving Berlin’s song was first performed in November, eighty one years ago. Berlin’s family of 10 moved from Russia to avoid the widespread Jewish persecution of the early 1900’s when Berlin was just…
