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Jul 7, 2017

12th Shoreline Jewish Festival on the Guilford Green

The 12th annual Shoreline Jewish Festival will take place Sunday, August 6 from 12 p.m. to 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 activities. This ye…

Jul 7, 2017

Cool Reads for Summer 2017

Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven celebrated the first day of summer by hearing about all the best books of the season at the Guilford Yacht Club with Roxanne J. Coady of R.J. Julia Booksellers.

Special thanks the event’s sponsors: Jennifer Bayer, Dena S…

Jul 7, 2017

Temple Beth Tikvah Celebrates 40 years

By George Hauer
Shalom New Haven Contributor 
 
In the early 1950’s, using a Torah borrowed from Congregation B’nai Jacob in Woodbridge, about 35 Jewish families purchased a small building in Branford to form the East Shore Jewish Center. Slowly, there was an influx of Jewish families …

Jul 7, 2017

Honoring Those Who Have Helped in Challenging Times

At its Annual Meeting on Wednesday June 7, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven honored the Woodbridge Volunteer Fire Department, Woodbridge Police Department, Ellen Scalettar, First Selectman, and Terry Gilbertson, Town of Woodbridge Building Official, as well as community volunteers,…

Jul 7, 2017

Graduation for Yesod Community Leadership Program

By Dr. Sharon Hasbani
Yesod Community Leadership Program Chair 
 
On June 7, at the annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, men and women graduated from the Yesod Community Leadership Program. They had spent the last three months learning with and from each other, und…

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