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Impact Grants provide funding for for collaborative initiatives

The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven has announced the recipients of the inaugural Impact Grant Initiative allocation. 

A direct result of the community strategic planning process, the new Impact Grant Initiative is designed to inspire creativity, collaboration, and engagement from e…

JCARR helps Afghan refugees begin anew in New Haven

With the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan last summer, the crisis of Afghan evacuees cried out for a humanitarian response. 

And, as it has in the past, Connecticut’s Jewish community stepped up to the plate. 

The Jewish Community Alliance for Refugee Resettlement (JCARR)—a…

Governor Lamont finds a kindred spirit in the Jewish state

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut—It was billed as an “economic development mission … focused on building and strengthening connections between the Connecticut and members of Israel’s innovation ecosystem.” 

And so it was. 

But, according to Ned Lamont, the Connecticut Governor’s recent…

The Art of Two women on display at BEKI

The artwork of Suzanne Neusner and Naomi Safran-Hon are on exhibit at Beth El-Keser Israel (BEKI) now through June 4.

Artists Suzanne Neusner’s Fiber Arts in the upstairs gallery space and Naomi Safran-Hon’s Going Home downstairs.

Neusner, whose exhibit Fiber Arts will be on display, h…

CT Native Joins Team Taking Northern Israeli Hospital to New Heights

AFULA, Israel –Betsy Winnick Melamed, a fourth-generation Connecticut native, has joined the leadership team at Emek Medical Center (EMC) as part of its drive to become the premier care facility in northeast Israel, EMC announced. 

Winnick Melamed, who grew up in West Haven and immigrate…

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