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Jul 6, 2017

On Stage with The Towers Residents

Residents of Tower One/Tower East have been participating in an exciting, year-long project. The Elder Playwright Program is collaboration between Long Wharf Theatre and Tower One/Tower East. This past season, 15 participants from The Towers attended every show in the LWT 52nd Season. The sh…

Jul 6, 2017

Bar Mitzvah Puts Caring for Others at the Top of HIs List

Robert Farbman, a seventh grader at Amity Middle School in Bethany who became Bar Mitzvah at Temple Emanuel in May, has dedicated his mitzvah project to JCARR, the Jewish Community Alliance for Refugee Resettlement. Over the last few months, Robert spent time with a Syrian refugee family spo…

Jul 6, 2017

Honorable Menschen: Lynn Bullard

In Honorable Menschen, Shalom New Haven recognizes individuals in our Greater New Haven Jewish community who make a difference in the lives of other human beings. We hope their actions will serve as an inspiration for others. Please email Honorable Menschen suggestions to ShalomNH@jewishnewh…

Jul 6, 2017

Federation's Partner Provides Emergency Assistance in Sri Lanka

By Tamara Zieve
Federation has a long history of responding to disasters around the world, no matter how near or how far. The devastating flooding in Sri Lanka, which happened in the end of May, was no different. Our overseas partner JDC (Jewish Joint Distribution) immediately sprung into ac…

Jul 6, 2017

Welcome to America: Summer Cycling

By Yelena Gerovich
New American Acculturation Coordinator

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” 
               -Albert Einstein in a letter to his son Eduard, 1930

June 2017 marks two-hundred years since Karl Drais invented the two-wheel…

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