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May 26, 2021

Fried Watsky Family Creates Community Legacy

by Jeannette Brodeur 

Husband and wife Drs. Kal Watsky and Debbie Fried have always been generous in donating their time and money to the Jewish community. Over the years, they and their children, Benjamin and Rebecca (Ben and Reba) have established funds at the Jewish Foundation of Greate…

May 24, 2021

Honoring Rabbi Herbert Brockman

Perhaps it was beshert that Rabbi Herbert Brockman would bring his passion for human rights and social justice to the Board of the Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven (JFS). Brockman, who will be honored at JFS’ June 17 virtual Spring Celebration, has long been dedicated to Jewish v…

May 24, 2021

Joey Kept His Word

by Leonard J. Honeyman 

Imagine you are on your first trip to Israel. It’s late winter 1997 and your tour group has just been to the walls of Jericho and is now stopped for a break at a large gift shop-restaurant near that site. The Palestinian flag wafting overhead as you leave your bus…

May 20, 2021

Maintaining Hope in Light of Conflict in Israel

The following was delivered by former Jewish Community Relations Council Director, Eliraz Shifman-Berman, on the Israel Solidarity Gathering, May 19, 2021.

 

Shalom Friends,

As much as it is not easy to be an Israeli these days, I know that this is also a difficult time to be a Jew outsi…

May 19, 2021

SPOTLIGHT! HARRIET AND LEONARD SCHLEIFER

The Schleifers are our newest donors to the JCC Capital Campaign, making their new gift on April 1. While they do not live in the Greater New Haven community, their son David does and so they chose to support our JCC. We are very grateful for their generous support with their capital gift. T…

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