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Jul 5, 2019

Romance, Without the Roses: Celebrating the Festive Holiday of Tu B’Av

by Talya Hyman Shalom New Haven Intern

 
Tu B’Av, the Jewish holiday of love-- which is named for its date on the Hebrew calendar, the 15th of the month of Av-- will be celebrated this year beginning at sundown on August 15, and throughout the day of August 16. This day of romance dates…

Jul 5, 2019

Memories From Day Camp

In this photo, I am standing at the dock of Camp Hilltop in Medford, NJ (circa 1972), which would grow to become JCC Camps at Medford, the largest Jewish day camp in the country. Many of my best childhood memories took place at JCC camp.

My earliest memory is of Shabbat: sitting on the floo…

Jul 3, 2019

Denouncing Inhuman Conditions at the Border

JCPA Denounces Inhuman Conditions at the Border

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) continues to denounce the inhumane conditions at immigration detention centers and border holding facilities along the Southern border, which violate federal law and "common decency," according to t…

Jul 3, 2019

FOURTEENTH SHORELINE JEWISH FESTIVAL ON GUILFORD GREEN

by Rabbi Yossi Yaffe

The 14th annual Shoreline Jewish Festival will take place Sunday, July 14 from 12-5 p.m. on the Guilford Green. The festival features various styles of Jewish music, traditional and Israeli fair food (all kosher), an art and book sale, and children’s crafts and activi…

Jul 3, 2019

Inaugural Isadore E. “Zeke” Still Award for Campaign Excellence

by MiriYam Judd

Photo credit: The Connecticut Jewish Ledger

Every year in late August, Ken Cohen comes to the Jewish Federation Offices and selects donor cards to begin contacting to secure pledges for our annual campaign.  Within 30 to 45 days, he manages to complete all of his solicitat…

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