Press Releases

New Exhibits in BEKI Galleries

The Ancestors exhibit currently on display at Congregation Beth El - Keser Israel (BEKI) in New Haven has captured the attention of both its members and the local press. 

Featuring pre-1950 images of the ancestors of the BEKI community, the exhibit displays the mundane alongside extraordin…

2022 Campaign Leadership

This year’s volunteer campaign team features names that are both new and familiar. Several of them cited inspiration garnered from beloved Jewish community leader and 2021 campaign co-chair, Howard Reiter z”l. When the question was put to Harry and Dana Schwartz, Major Gifts and Lion of …

Connecticut Jewish Federations Shine a Light on Antisemitism

As part of a nationwide and Canadian initiative, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven and its JCRC led a collaborative grant request to receive funding of $45,000 to Shine A Light on Antisemitism across Connecticut. The effort which includes a major media ad buy including billboards, t…

Towers New Program “Fueling Seniors”

Mayor Justin Elicker celebrated with community leaders, volunteers, Board of Directors and residents at The Towers at Tower Lane on September 30, the launch of their program, Fueling Seniors: Meal Sustainability Through Co-generation which will reduce energy costs, carbon footprint and make …

JCARR Continues to Change Lives

Several years ago, the Jewish Community Alliance for Refugee Resettlement (JCARR) helped to resettle in New Haven a Syrian refugee named Issa and his family.

Now, six years later, JCARR is celebrating its sixth anniversary with the resettlement of its sixth refugee family, in collaboration …

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