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Jewish Foundation 2019-2020 Scholarship Opportunities

SYNAGOGUE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS:

The Jewish Foundation offers needs-based assistance for Greater New Haven synagogue schools. The dead- line for the online application is October 19, 2019.

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS:

There are needs-based as well as needs-blind scholarships for high school senior…

“On My Mind: One Jewish Woman’s view,” works by Karen Kassap, at BEKI

Kassap, who studied mixed media collage with Debi Pendell, says she enjoys this form of expression because it "lays apparent the dichotomy between the completed work and the many layers of paint and paper that form the foundation of the piece. The underlying support for my collages can seem …

New Jewish Holiday Calendar Bridges Jewish Community and Secular Schools

by Talya Hyman

Shalom New Haven Intern 

The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), the public affairs arm of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, has created a five-year calendar of major Jewish holidays. The calendar is designed to encourage public awareness of religious Jewis…

African American Educational Law

by Sydney Perry

President, JFACT (Jewish Federation Association of CT)  

Bryan Stevenson, a gifted black attorney, founded the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, to defend the poor and wrongly condemned. He has said that he wants the U.S. to “face its history”, and rece…

Fourteenth Shoreline Jewish Festival on Guilford Green

by Rabbi Yossi Yaffe

Chabad of the Shoreline

The 14th annual Shoreline Jewish Festival will take place Sunday, July 14 from 12-5 p.m. on the Guilford Green. The festival features various styles of Jewish music, traditional and Israeli fair food (all kosher), an art and book sale, and child…

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