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May 11, 2022

Mission Magic—Choose Your Own Israel Experience

In celebration of Israel’s 75th birthday, the Jewish Federations of Greater Hartford and Greater New Haven will lead a "Choose Your Own Adventure" community trip to Israel, March 9 – 16, 2023. Between 200-400 local community members are expected to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime …

May 11, 2022

Holocaust Survivor speaks in New Haven

“What happened to me,” Philip Lazowski, one of the last remaining survivors who can still tell the tale, “is a lesson on what could still happen.” 
Lazowski, 91, survived the Holocaust. He told his story one recent Sunday at The Towers senior complex on Church Street South in the ho…

May 11, 2022

Federation appoints new CFO and JCRC Director

The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven has welcomed two new members of staff, it was announced recently by Federation CEO Judy Alperin. 
Michael Flora has joined the Federation team as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Rabbi Joshua Pernick is the organization's new JCRC Directo…

May 11, 2022

Traveling to Ukraine On A Mission of Tikkun Olam

As I sit to write this column, we are unfortunately still witnessing terrible atrocities throughout Ukraine. 

I had the privilege of representing our community on a mission to Poland, where Amy Holtz and I delivered much needed supplies to refugee centers in Warsaw and on the Ukraine borde…

Apr 21, 2022

What’s in Your Genes? “Healthy You 2022”

The statistics tell an unsettling story:
One in 40 Ashkenazi Jewish men and women—or more than 10 times that of the general population—carry a mutation in one of the BRCA genes, dramatically increasing their risk for breast, ovarian, prostate, and pancreatic cancer.

One in 14 Jews carry…

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