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Jun 28, 2023

A new Jewish Federation program helps you create your legacy

Since it was introduced in 1972, the Lion of Judah program — an international initiative of Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federations of North America — has grown to include 18,000 dynamic Jewish women worldwide, whose generous gifts in the amount of $5,000 or more to their Federa…

Jun 28, 2023

Federation Announces Recipients of 2023 Impact Grants

The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven is proud to announce the eight new  collaborative programs that have been awarded Community Impact Grants for the year 2023. 

There was an increased request from many organizations and synagogues to fund creative partnerships that will stren…

Jun 28, 2023

The Judaica Project Impact Grant

The Judaica Project is one of eight outstanding community initiatives made possible by generous funding from a Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven 2023 Impact Grant.
 
A collaboration between the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven (JHSGNH) and Rabbi Reena Judd of the Peter …

Jun 28, 2023

New Haven's Andy Sarkany takes an emotional journey w/ March of the Living

On April 19, 2023, Andy Sarkany, a resident of New Haven, walked through the gates of the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp, as part of a delegation of 27 adult members of Connecticut’s Jewish community, most of them, like Sarkany, Holocaust survivors. Sarkany, the longtime Donor Serv…

Jun 28, 2023

The 'Three Weeks' -- the saddest period on the Jewish calendar -- July 6

By Rabbi Josh Pernick 
 
By the year 70 CE, there had been a degree of Jewish political autonomy in the land of Israel for over 200 years, but this autonomy was wavering. The story of the Maccabean revolt of 200 years prior was now ancient memory. The Greeks were no longer the regional s…

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