Join the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford for a virtual program to learn about Hartford’s historic Jewish cemeteries. Leonard Holtz of the Hebrew Funeral Association and Lisa Vaeth of Federation’s Association of Jewish Cemeteries will talk about how these historic cemeteries were first organized, where they areRead More →
Here is a link to the Zoom recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7NJabTjlJw Read More →
Here is a link to the recording from the program. https://vimeo.com/423616447 Read More →
Here is a link to the Zoom recording from last week’s discussion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Pchtmigt4&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3TE09_cvqEWzUUBeeEr5sWK4Y5jmdXV5CzqA6EwvSiqK1mwHqie3YHv-I Susan Herbst and Stuart Miller from UCONN; Victoria Aarons from Trinity University and Aimee Pozorski from CCSU – talk about the new HBO series based on Philip Roth’s novel, which imagines an alternate history in which CharlesRead More →
Here is the link to the event: https://vimeo.com/403455485/a1e5511b28 “How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish” with Ilan Stavans, Josh Lambert and Avinoam Patt was made possible by ALEPH: The Institute of Jewish Ideas, The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford , The Jewish Hartford European Roots Project, The JewishRead More →
The class is now full. Please email lnewman@jewishhartford.org if you would like to be placed on the waiting list for a future date. Read More →
Please join us in celebrating all that Estelle has done for the Society as Executive Director! Wednesday, December 18th 5:30pm to 7pm. Community Services Building, 333 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT. Read More →
Submitted by Susan Juster Viner Challah Cheese Puff Best made the night before serving 8 large thick slices of challah ½ lb. Grated Swiss or gruyere cheese 4 large eggs, beaten well 2 ½ cups milk 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms l tsp. prepared mustard 2 Tbsp. gratedRead More →
From The Gefilte Manifesto by Jeffrey Yoskowitz & Liz Alpern (Link to Cookbook below) JEFFREY: I was only privy to homemade blintzes once in a blue moon when Grandma Ruth decided to make them. Hers were never too sweet, and they revealed their contents on the sides since sheRead More →
Submitted by Susan Juster Viner My mother made blintzes often, but she made small amounts at a time. When I think back, she had to use a lot of equipment to make the bletlach batter, cook the bletlach, make the filling, and stuff them and cook the final product. SheRead More →