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May 23, 2019

JFS Expanding Aging Adult Programming

With a focus on empowering the individual, Jewish Family Service (JFS) is developing a more comprehensive aging adult program to further meet the needs of this growing population in our community. But JFS cannot do it alone!

Kicking off this initiative is the JFS Spring Celebration to be he…

May 23, 2019

What’s Your Jewish Story?

Everyone has a Jewish story. Some take twists and turns to far off lands, heroic tales of overcoming adversity and persecution, or even connections to the great Talmudists or sages. Some begin in the recent past with marriage, the birth of a child, participation in a life-cycle event, partic…

May 23, 2019

American GIs Held Purim Service in Goebbels’ Confiscated Castle

by Yelena Gerovich New American Acculturation Coordinator

Purim is right around the corner. In 1945, a group of American GIs held belated Purim services inside the Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels’ confiscated castle.

According to the Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the Jewish…

May 22, 2019

Open for Everyone

As reported in the January issue of Shalom New Haven, the JCC has initiated a partnership with Chapel Haven Schleifer Center. Chapel Haven is a nationally accredited school and transition program for adults with disabilities in New Haven. “This partnership fits very closely with our missio…

May 22, 2019

Hope, Holidays and Honor

I often comment that one of the best benefits of working for our Jewish community is that I have the opportunity to see and interact with children every day. Whether it is the smallest kids in the Beverly Levy Early Learning Center who may be out for a stroller walk or others who are busy le…

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