JFACT: Past, Present & Future 7:00 PM, Monday, January 13, 2025
Join us at Beth El Temple for a panel presentation about JFACT’s crucial role in supporting, protecting and strengthening the Jewish communities of CT. Lively discussion and light refreshments will get the new year off to a good start. Presented
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It’s Our New Video!
You don’t even need a full three minutes to find out what we do and why..
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Join Us for Happy Hour Bingo! 12.8.2024
Warm up with fun, prizes, snacks and drinks in support of Emanuel Synagogue and the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford. Sign up by December 3 so you won’t miss it. Sign up for Happy Hour Bingo!
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Video – Jewish Life in Middletown
Video from November 3, 2024 program. In honor of Congregation Adath Israel’s 120th anniversary, learn about the legacy of the Jewish community in Middletown, Connecticut from the nineteenth century to the present. We explore Middletown’s early Jewish history, the evolution
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Remembering the Holocaust: Two Monuments by Elbert Weinberg 6:00 PM 10.9.24
At the Noah Webster House, 227 S Main St, West Hartford. $5 registration (advance registration required – limited seating) Two of the most significant public monuments by Hartford-born sculptor Elbert Weinberg (1928-1991) are Holocaust memorials, one in Wilmington, Delaware, the
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Abraham Lane
(1923-1980) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 2002 A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Lane moved to Hartford in 1928. During the 1930s he enjoyed baseball games at Keney Park. A 1941 graduate of Weaver High School,
Peter Roisman
Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 2002 Born in Hartford, Roisman attended West Hartford’s Hall High School, where he played varsity soccer, basketball, and golf. The golf team became state champions, and the soccer team were state semi-finalists.
Gerald “Jerry” Roisman
(1937- Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 2002 Roisman graduated from Weaver High School in 1955. He was on the basketball team for three years, and in his senior year was co-captain of the team. In 1954, the
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Robert “Bull” Yellin
(1924-2002) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 Born and raised in Hartford, Yellin graduated from Weaver High School, where he became known as “Bull” for his role as fullback on three powerful Weaver varsity football teams. In 1940,
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