By Yelena Gerovich
New American Acculturation Coordinator
On Feb. 8, the great movie maestro John Williams celebrated his 85th birthday. “John Williams has written the soundtrack to our lives. Note by note, through chord and chorus, his genius for marrying music with movies has elevated t…
By Judy Alperin Diamondstein
I have a March birthday, which falls late enough in the month to be after the official first day of spring. This makes me an Aries, which turns out to be the perfect sign for me. I remember always wearing new spring clothes to school on my birthday. I was parti…
Each day, the work continues at the JCC at 360 Amity Road, completing demolition, opening walls and cleaning extensively. The insurance adjusters are in the process of determining the scope of work to be done. The remediation process should be completed by mid-March.
In January, our communi…
David Beckerman began going to the JCC of Greater New Haven when it was located on Chapel Street in New
Haven. It was in the neighborhood, and a place for kids to go after school or on the weekends. “[The JCC] was part of the social life,” Beckerman said, and a place that was comfortable…
By Jessica McWeeney
Ezra Schwartz thought about staying home from his volunteer work as part of his gap-year program in Israel on the morning of Nov. 19, 2015. He was tired, his grandfather, Mark Schwartz said, but in the end he ran out to the van. He was shot and killed when a terrorist …
