Get your kids excited about Passover and start some new traditions with these fun crafts.
Build a Matzo House
Create a fun centerpiece for your Seder table by making a matzo house. Use a cardboard box to form the structure of the house. Melt chocolate and use it to cover the cardboard, and …
Recipe contributed by Tower One/Tower East’s At the Heart of It All, the longest kosher-dining facility in Connecticut. Operating under the full-time supervision of a mashgiach, the kitchen serves 200 dinners every night, as well as Shabbat dinners, Kiddush, and special holiday meals. Gue…
The Congregation Mishkan Israel will host its annual Robert E. Goldburg Peace & Justice Service on Friday, March 3, at 7:00 p.m. This year’s guest speaker is Senator Chris Murphy.
Chris Murphy, the junior U.S. Senator for Connecticut, has dedicated his career to public service as an adv…
In Jan. 2016, the Israeli Knesset passed a law that expanded the non-Orthodox prayer section located in Robinson’s Arch at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The plan for the alternative section has yet to be implemented. In Dec. 2016, leaders from the Sephardic Orthodox Shas party, the haredi…
Students in Rabbi Amanda Brodie’s social studies class at Ezra Academy completed a unit on comparative religions. Each student selected a research topic regarding religions and current events. Here is a portion of Jacob Levy’s essay on the constitutionality of celebrating religious holid…
