by Abby Epstein
Staff writer
Through the struggles of COVID-19, schools were able to find some positives. They found the opportunity to implement new things that have now turned into permanent changes.
Yeshivas Beis Dovid Shlomo, Ezra Academy, Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy (SCHA) an…
by Kris Oser
Tikkun Olam means "repairing the world" in Hebrew. This program is a big deal at Temple Emanuel (TE), and the turkey drive is one of those many programs.
Each year a few weeks before Thanksgiving, congregant Peter Stolzman arrives at Friday night service wearing a turkey hat (…
Israel’s Arab citizens comprise approximately 20 percent of the population, or 1.8 million people: Muslim, Christian, Druze, and Circassian. As a group, they share national and familial connections to the Palestinian people in the West Bank, Gaza, and elsewhere, but have a unique identity …
As I sat down to write this column, the recent increase in anti-Semitism has me deeply saddened. Over the last few years, increased acts led us to blame the rise on the far right. With a new administration, many had hoped we would reign this in. However, it has only increased and is now comi…
From the desk of Judy Alperin
Chief Executive Officer
When my children were young, Eric Carle, who recently passed away, was a favorite author. They loved so many of his brightly illustrated stories but one of their favorites was “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. I’ve been thinking ab…
