Glen Greenberg wanted to help. After all, it was hard for any feeling person to witness the people of Ukraine suffering horribly, their country devastated and in ruin as a result of the brutal attack by Russian forces.
“I had been thinking about what I could do, short of getting on a pla…
Everyone loves summer—the warm weather, the barbecues, the sunshine, the longer days.
This year, we usher in the summer with a celebration of the two-day festival of Shavuot, which begins the evening of June 4, and during which we enjoy foods like blintzes and cheesecake to remind us o…
It was a joyous, gift and music-filled gathering Sunday morning, March 26, as members of Westville’s Beth El-Keser Israel (BEKI) synagogue installed Eric Woodward as their new rabbi.
Woodward, 41, a graduate of Williams College and the Jewish Theological Seminary, assumed the pulpit ov…
Shavuot is a holiday that celebrates the completion of a journey, both in our mytholog- ical history and in our agricultural cycle. Our biblical ancestors have journeyed from Egypt to the wilderness and are receiving Torah. Later, our ancestors in Israel celebrated Shavuot as the late spring…
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…
