The City of Hartford issued an official citation on April 28th celebrating the preservation of a marble plaque from 1911. The plaque was found in the basement of the Renzulli Academy at 121 Cornwall Street, a former location of the […]
7:00 PM, Monday, May 19, 2025 at the Mandell JCC. Author Melinda K. Elliott will discuss the true story of Southbury, CT and the American Nazis who tried to build a massive training camp in their midst in 1937. Co-sponsored
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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
JFACT: Past, Present & Future 7:00 PM, Monday, January 13, 2025 Learn More »
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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!
Join Us for Happy Hour Bingo! 12.8.2024 Learn More »
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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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
Remembering the Holocaust: Two Monuments by Elbert Weinberg 6:00 PM 10.9.24 Learn More »
(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,
