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May 1, 2018

Charitable Giving Opportunity Available for Those 70 ½ and Older

The IRA Charitable Rollover creates an opportunity for donors to establish an endowment or make an outright charitable gift to a charitable organization. Your rollover can be directed for a capital campaign gift, current needs, or restricted for endowment purposes. Your gift can be earmarked…

May 1, 2018

SCSU Hillel Pitches in at Project H.O.P.E.

Southern CT State University Hillel members participated in the recent Project H.O.P.E. (Help Our People Everywhere) program at Tower One/Tower East. The event involves volunteers of all ages who assemble and package kosher Passover food for needy families. 

May 1, 2018

Sklars Created Family Fund with Jewish Foundation

In 1983, when Dr. Craig Sklar first moved to New Haven to begin an ophthalmology residency at Yale, he couldn’t have foreseen that 30 years into the future, the following things would occur: he would remain in the area and settle in Woodbridge with his wife Nanci, raise a family, build a s…

May 1, 2018

Happy 100th Birthday, Gladys!

Gladys Lipkin, of Woodbridge, recently celebrated her 100th birthday with four generations of her family. A resident of Coachman Square, she also received a certificate from the community for her five years of perfect attendance at Shabbat services. She was a first grade teacher and also wor…

May 1, 2018

Heart to Heart Mission Inspires Merit

Sami Merit and Jessica Lerner Halprin recently returned from a unique and special trip to Israel made possible by Jewish Federation’s National Women’s Philanthropy. Heart to Heart is an incredible mission that connects and inspires women. 

During this five-day mission, women experience…

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