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Aug 29, 2023

Rosh Hashanah on the Table

Autumn Gazpacho (Pareve)
 
(JNS) A slice of multigrain bread gives this a gentle, nutty texture. If preferred, substitute challah.
 
Ingredients:
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1½-2 cups bottled Bloody Mary mix*
Juice of ½ lemon
½ cucumber, peeled and cut in chunks
1 medium …

Aug 29, 2023

Shabbat is a Time for Reflection at Camp Laurelwood

For over 85 years, Camp Laurelwood — Connecticut’s only Jewish overnight camp — has worked to build a kinder world that is reflected through a strong and vibrant Jewish community. How do we do that? Among other things, each week we bring our campers together for a Shabbat rich in Jewis…

Aug 29, 2023

JCC Exhibit Highlighting Abrahamic Religions by Harvey Paris

On exhibit now through October 4 at Hoos Family Art Gallery of the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven is “Artistic Representation of Jewish Teachings and Later Religious Emergence,” an extraordinary body of wood and leather carvings created by Connecticut artist Harvey Paris. T…

Aug 29, 2023

For Book Lovers and Others!

After evening minyan on the last Monday of every month, Rabbi Benjamin Scolnic of Temple Beth Sholom in Hamden leads an engaging book club discussion over Zoom.   

Book selections cover a wide range of subjects in a variety of genres, including fiction, memoirs, historical novels, non-fic…

Aug 29, 2023

Jewish Art for the High Holy Days

“Off Our Walls” is the name of the fall show in the galleries at Beth El – Keser Israel [BEKI], organized by Helen Rosenberg, with input from other members of the Art Committee.
The artwork, which is in various media as well as ritual objects, broadly reflects Jewish and Israeli histo…

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