Southern New England Jewish Ledger
Raising their voices in song
Pizmon, the popular co-ed Jewish a capella group from Columbia University, Barnard College and the Jewish Theological Seminary, sang…
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Bringing good health to Bolivian women
Last spring, Dr. Allan Mayer of West Hartford, a gynecologic oncologist with Hartford’s St. Francis Hospital, traveled to Bolivia to…
SPOTLIGHT ON… Steven Fischman – From “Open Wide” to Open Mic
By Alex Gerber Residents of West Hartford and its surrounding area may know of Dr. Steven Fischman as one of…
SummerWood’s Lillian Hillman wins statewide award
WEST HARTFORD — Lillian Hillman, a resident of Hoffman SummerWood in West Hartford, received the inaugural Distinguished Resident Accomplishment Award…
CT bridge renamed in honor of Jewish war hero
State Representatives Matthew Lesser and Joseph Serra, State Senator Paul Doyle, and members of the Jewish War Veterans (JWV)…
B’nai Mitzvah
NICHOLAS MENKES, son of Linda and Michael Menkes, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 23 at Congregation…
Torah Portion: Beshalach
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb This week’s Torah portion, Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16), contains a perfect example of religious faith as…
Letters: Ledger attack on NGO law without merit
Thank you for including Israel’s minister of justice Ayelet Shaked’s explanation of her proposed Government Transparency Law (“NGO Law Protects…
Two Academic Associations vote to boycott Israel
By Sean Savage/JNS.org The decision to boycott Israeli universities by the 5,000-member American Studies Association (ASA), the oldest and largest…
Movers & Shakers
Daniel Avraham, President, Yale College Council, New Haven It would be impressive enough to learn of an Israeli native studying at an…
