Southern New England Jewish Ledger
Living a Jewish Life
Author Abigail Pogrebin spends a year immersed in the Jewish calendar – and comes away with a blueprint for life By…
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After much prodding, Trump condemns anti-Semitism
(JTA) – President Donald Trump denounced antisemitism a day after bomb threats to at least 10 Jewish community centers across…
NJ yeshiva alumni, former staff implore graduate Jared Kushner to help halt refugee ban
(JTA) — Some 180 alumni and former staff of a New Jersey yeshiva high school implored graduate Jared Kushner to…
100 Jewish headstones vandalized in St. Louis area
(JTA) — More than 100 headstones were damaged in vandalism at a St. Louis-area Jewish cemetery. Police in University City,…
Israeli soldier who shot downed Palestinian terrorist sentenced to 18 months in prison
(JTA) — An Israeli soldier who shot a downed Palestinian terrorist was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Elor Azaria,…
U of Hartford to host ‘sneak preview’ of the NOVA documentary “Holocaust Escape Tunnel”
By Judie Jacobson In June 2016, an international team of researchers led by the University of Hartford’s Dr. Richard Freund…
Yidstock ‘17 to feature Frank London, Eleanor Reissa, Other Top Klezmer Artists
AMHERST, Mass. – This summer’s line-up for the 2017 Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music Yidstock brings together a…
Pew: Jews are best-liked religious group in America
(JTA) – Jews are the most warmly regarded religious group in America, according to a new survey by the Pew…
Tennessee prison inmate sues for better kosher food
(JTA) – A prison inmate in Tennessee filed an over 200-page lawsuit alleging that the prison system is trying to…
Trump transition team tried to defeat UN anti-settlements resolution
(JTA) – President Donald Trump’s then-nominee for national security advisor, Michael Flynn, and members of the transition team, worked to…
