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Jun 18, 2021

Donor Spotlight: Stephen (Steve) Saltzman

by Cindy Gerber

Stephen Saltzman is greater New Haven’s newest member of the Star of David Society. The Society, a national designation through the JFNA (Jewish Federations of North America), includes a distinguished community of donors who have committed at their local Jewish Foundation,…

Jun 17, 2021

Grow with Us!

 Forty-three babies and counting have been gifted with Shalom Baby gift bags!

Shalom Baby is building community with personal gift bag deliveries, stroller-walking groups, socially distanced outdoor programs and virtual programs for parents. Having co-chairs safely visit families at their …

Jun 11, 2021

Delivering for the Jewish Community at the Capitol 

The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven impacts state-level legislation through our membership in the Jewish Federation Association of Connecticut (JFACT). Comprised of all Connecticut Jewish Federations, FACT is our government and community relations arm, and it lobbies for legislat…

Jun 9, 2021

With Anti-Semitism on the Rise in CT, ‘We Now Always Lock Our Doors’

Jessica Simms, a senior journalism student at Quinnipiac University and Managing Editor of The Quinnipiac Chronicle, completed her final capstone project with an in-depth article focusing on anti-Semitism in the Greater New Haven community. Read the full article at hqnn.org/2021/03/26/ with-…

Jun 2, 2021

Soviet Jews and American Jews Were Together

by Yelena Gerovich

New American Acculturation Program Coordinator

In May 1945, the last stronghold of the Nazi regime surrendered unconditionally to the Allied powers, ending World War II (WWII) in Europe. The heroism of the Jews displayed during the Second World War remains practically un…

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