Although she never attended religious school, Rachel Beaver, the new music education director at BINA — Congregation Beth El —Keser Israel (BEKI)’s new religious school — says her role “feels right. This is what I’m supposed to be doing, and I’ve been enjoying it so much. This …
Ezra Academy recently welcomed the Center for Israel Education’s Dr. Tal Grinfas-David as part of an ongoing partnership to boost the school’s Israel education.
Ezra Academy is one of three recipients of a grant from UnitED, a global educational initiative of Jerusalem-based Herzog Coll…
Greater New Haven Jewish women have a wonderful opportunity to become lifelong philanthropists through the Women of Vision Society -- a permanent, restricted endowment fund dedicated to helping and enhancing the lives of women in our community. Created in 1996 by 100 founding members, the en…
Seven weeks after Passover ends, it’s time to celebrate Shavuot. This holiday marks the biblical story of receiving the Ten Commandments and the Torah at Mt. Sinai. While many families don’t regularly celebrate Shavuot, it’s a holiday that’s totally made for kids—a perfect excuse f…
Arguably the most important Jewish holiday that a good many Jews know little about, Shavuot celebrates nothing less than our forebearers receiving the Torah some 3,300 years ago (hence the Hebrew moniker—Zeman Matan Torateinu, “the time of the giving of our Torah”). And, perhaps even…
