The Crown Market, the first kosher market in Connecticut, celebrated its 80th anniversary last year. Sam Smith, Sam Sowalsky and Meyer Goldfield established the market on Albany Avenue between Magnolia Street and Irving Street in Hartford in 1940.
Over the years, the kosher market adapted t…
by Abby Epstein
Shalom New Haven Staff Writer
Community, family and fitness. It’s what makes the Bagel Run more than just a race. This year, the Bagel Run’s 10th anniversary, is bound to be special. “It takes everything that is special about the JCC and brings it all together on one …
(February 16, 2021/JNS)
Thirty years ago, we—a Jewish Democratic alderman and a Baptist pastor in New Haven, Conn.—became friends. What brought us together?
First, we recognized that we shared common beliefs and values. Second, we both felt that in collaborating, we could send a posi…
by Yelena Gerovich
New American Acculturation Program Coordinator
Everyone desires to know who they are and where they came from. The newly expanded and reimagined museum — formerly known as Beit Hatfutsot and newly branded as ANU, Hebrew for “We”—is the world’s only museum dedica…
by Charles Rosenay
Now that the softball season has come to an end, we look back on a pleasant Sunday morning, before a single pitch was even thrown.
In mid-April, the JCC of Greater New Haven started pretty much as it had for so many years. Allan Greenberg gathered all the players, both…
