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SCN Hosts Over 70 Security Professionals in Annual Homeland Security Summit

(Washington, DC) – The Secure Community Network (SCN), the official safety and security organization for the Jewish community in North America, hosted its annual Homeland Security Summit in Washington, DC, last week.

More than 70 security professionals attended the three-day event to exp…

Yaacov Agam on Faith, Art, and Formation

Fun fact: According to the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records, the largest menorah in the world stands 32 feet tall, weighs 4,000 lbs., is colored gold and calls the corner of Fifth Avenue and West 59th Street home.

Commissioned by Chabad Lubavitch in the 1970s, the menorah’s artist is n…

CONGREGATION BETH EL-KESER ISRAEL 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…

Welcoming Rabbi Danny Moss

On Friday, October 15, 2021, Temple Beth Tikvah celebrated the installation of their new Rabbi, Danny Moss. At the music-filled event, the congregation was honored to hear from their emeriti rabbis, Rabbi Howard Sommer and Rabbi Stacy Offner, and guest rabbi, Rabbi Michael Friedman of Temple…

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Chanukah!

As we continue to work hard to emerge from the pandemic, I want to express my profound gratitude to the amazing staff of the Federation, JCC and Foundation and all of our agencies and synagogues. So much work is being done to insure that the needs in our community are being addressed. We are…

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