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Mar 6, 2018

Federation Hosts Mitzvah Day, JCC Grand Re-Opening

On Sunday, March 18, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven will host its Second Annual Mitzvah Day volunteering event in conjunction with the Grand Re-Opening Celebration of the newly refurbished JCC building and the dedication of the Beverly Levy Early Learning Center.

Mitzvah Day com…

Mar 6, 2018

Yale Challah Event Fights Hunger

By Asha Prihar

Special to Shalom New Haven

 

This article was shortened and reprinted with permission from Asha Prihar of the Yale Daily News.

Students fed themselves and helped feed others during the Yale Challah for Hunger’s inaugural sale, which took place on Cross Campus on Feb…

Mar 6, 2018

Emissaries Out & About...

Our Emissaries from Israel, Rotem & Talya, have been very busy meeting people in the community. They stopped in to meet members of the youth group at Congregation B’nai Israel in New Haven, read Jewish stories to children at a local Barnes & Noble as part of a PJ Library program and talked…

Mar 6, 2018

Jewish War Veterans Meeting for Brunch

Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., Major General Maurice Rose Post 51, will meet on Sunday, March 18, at 9:30 a.m. at Congregation Adath Israel in Middletown for brunch with latkes and to share family traditions to celebrate Pesach. Guest speaker will be author Warren Cyr who will discuss hi…

Mar 6, 2018

Who Is Yom HaZikaron in Memory of?

By Rotem Linchevski & Talya Machpood

Our Young Emissaries from Israel

 

Every year, we wonder why are Yom HaZikaron (the IDF Memorial Day) and Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) so close on the calendar?

Why do they have to be two days? Is it really necessary to separate them?…

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