In 1972, Golda Meir made a visit to New Haven to visit her daughter Sarah Meyerson and her 6 year old grandson. This is the handbag which she carried on her visit to New Haven.
So how the story came about to the Jewish Historical Society is as follows:
Sarah was attending Yale University a…
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“Whereas whether from the political right, center or left, bigotry, discrimination, oppression, racism and imputations of dual loyalty threaten American democracy and have no place in American political discourse,” states the resolution.
It defines anti-Semitism…
by Rabbi Marci Bellows, Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester
Shavuot is a holiday of gratitude for the gift of Torah. It is very easy to take the Torah, and all that it teaches us, for granted. Rather, let us allow ourselves to see that moment of revelation at Mt. Sinai as a moment…
by Rabbi Rona Shapiro, Congregation B’nai Jacob, Woodbridge
People often misunderstand the purpose of the holidays. They think they celebrate historical triumphs: they tried to kill us, God saved us, let’s eat. That is true but if that is all you know you are only scratching the surface…
by Chava Light
It’s not every day a legend is borne, and certainly not what my Aunty Bonnie expected when she began her first job in a small town in the Midwest shortly after college. No one can say for sure how it started. Some insist a gust of wind blew a stray piece of paper with a rec…
