Noa Saitowitz, a Young Emissary for the 2018-19 school year, speaks about how her family celebrates the High Holidays in Israel.

The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven is proud to present the Award for Excellence in Jewish Education to recognize the outstanding educators among us. Congratulations to Hadassah Karolina Buc...

The PJ Library responsibilities for our local area will be folded into a full-time position to take our youth offerings to the next level. We say goodbye and thank you to Stacey Battat, our PJ Libr...

The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven is proud to present the Award for Excellence in Jewish Education this year. This opportunity gives our community the chance to recognize the outstanding ...

With June holidays including Father’s Day, we look back through the Jewish Historical Society’s archives at a fatherly figure in New Haven’s history who was an integral part of improving loca...

Now in its 85th year, the Kavod Society is reserved for volunteers who have given outstanding service to the JCC. . Some of our most outstanding communal leaders have been recipients of the Kavod K...

Jeanette Kuvin Oren, a local Judaic artist, recently discovered a new venture when one of her images went viral on social media.

Early in August, a group of 45 volunteers reached the milestone of making their 2,000th mask. The Mask Creator Volunteers sew pocket masks made from quilt-weight, 100% cotton fabric.

Teens from Beth El-Keser Israel (BEKI) USY got their hands dirty as they spent the day helping restore living spaces for people facing homelessness, in partnership with the organization Christian C...

5780 has been a year for the history books. At such a critical juncture for our community and our nation, we are emboldened to be leading the New Haven Jewish Federation Annual Campaign’s fundrai...

The 10th Annual Murray Lender 5K Bagel Run & Family Walk was originally scheduled for September 13. However, the pandemic set the event on a different course.

COVID-19 has shed a light on inequalities; it has increased levels of social and economic distress, domestic violence, child abuse, lack of healthcare, and unemployment. The crisis also presents op...

As rabbis and cantors of the Greater New Haven Jewish community, we cannot be silent at a time of communal crisis. We add our voices to those avowing the principles of our democracy and mourning th...

The complicated reality of the COVID-19 pandemic hit many people by surprise. The order to stay at home came from not only the governor of Connecticut, but also from Integrated Refugee and Immigrat...

Anna and Clifford Merin have been living in the Greater New Haven area for only a few years, but it already seems like they are long time members of the local Jewish community.

Benny and Ephrat Lieblich, owners of the soon-to-open Ladle & Loaf restaurant, moved to New Haven five years ago with a dream of opening up a glatt kosher restaurant. That dream for the Jewish and ...

The board brings together a diverse group of professionals serving the Greater New Haven Jewish community. Rabbi Michael Farbman is grateful to Rabbis Scolnic and Ellenson for offering us food for ...

If we rush back to a place of normalcy, then we rob ourselves of a chance to grow. The response to adversity should not be how do I return to a more comfortable place, but how do I muster up the st...

We may sometimes lose our footing. Facing a new unexpected challenge—the likes of which we’re experiencing now—we’re overwhelmed and unsettled. It’s hard to find a safe place and solid gr...