Since he was hired this past fall, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven's Regional Security Advisor (JSA) Michael Shanbrom has been working hard to develop and administer a comprehensive program to protect Jewish institutions throughout the region.
As one of his first tasks, Shanbro…
In that quintessentially Jewish way, it all started with a question. “What do you think about holding Max’s bar mitzvah at Camp Laurelwood?” my daughter, Suzie, asked in reference to the upcoming bar mitzvah of her son, my grandson. What do I think? Outside, amid the trees and the rust…
A roundtable discussion with our Greater New Haven rabbis
In March 2020 the COVID virus hit full force, sending the world into turmoil as people were forced to isolate themselves inside their homes, cut off from families and friends. The effect of the pandemic on the global Jewish communi…
Founded in 1962 by a group of local Reform Jews seeking a different type of synagogue experience, Temple Emanuel was initially located in the home of founding members Lois and Paul Levine. Today, as the congregation gets set to celebrate its 60th anniversary, the synagogue is nestled in the …
Do you believe in miracles? There are Jews in our community from the former Soviet Union who, from generation to generation, pass down the story of the miracle that happened on Purim 69 years ago.
The winter of 1953 in Russia was cold, dark and ominous -- especially for the Jews. On Janua…
