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Mar 1, 2017

Scholarship Opportunities Through the Jewish Foundation

The Jewish Scholarship Initiative (JSI) provides scholarships for area day schools, synagogue schools, Jewish preschools and camps.

Thanks to a generous donor in our community, last year JSI distributed $87,000 in local scholarships. Scholarships are need-based and are for Jewish households…

Mar 1, 2017

Helping Everyone Celebrate Passover— Here and Around the World

By Jessica McWeeney
SNH Editor

Making the Passover Seder Available to All
The extra cost of purchasing kosher-for-Passover products can be a burden for people in the community as they prepare to celebrate the holiday. This year, Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven will provide bags o…

Mar 1, 2017

Celebrate Freedom by Remembering the Strangers

By Rabbi Joshua Ratner
Director, Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven

Passover is a time for food and family. But at its core, Passover also is a time when we reconnect with the experience of being a people in exile. We recall—in fact, the Hagga…

Mar 1, 2017

JCARR Joyfully Welcomes New Syrian Family

By Jean Silk
Jewish Community Relations Council Refugee Settlement Coordinator

On Thursday, Jan. 26, JCARR welcomed a new refugee family from Syria. The normal anticipation and anxiety we feel in awaiting the family’s arrival—this was our third family over the past 12 months—was heigh…

Feb 28, 2017

Your Campaign Dollars at Work - Tower One / Tower East

By Amy Holtz
Director of Development

Every Friday evening, The Towers dining room tables are set with white tablecloths and challah for everyone. Familiar aromas of matzo ball soup, brisket, and tzimmes fill the air as you enter for dinner. The distinctively comforting Jewish atmosphere cat…

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