Join us for an illustrated Zoom talk with Frank Himmelstein, whose family has been farming in Lebanon for 110 years. Established in 1913, the Himmelstein Homestead Farm is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, Jewish family farm in the […]
Generations of Jewish Farming 2.5.23 Learn More »
Opening Reception at the Mandell JCC on Sunday, January 8, 2023, from 1:00 – 2:30 PM. Exhibition runs from January 2 – February 10, 2023. As a single mother and Holocaust survivor, Sidonia Perlstein spent most of her life in
Sidonia’s Thread – From the Holocaust to High Fashion 1.8.23 Learn More »
Religious Freedom for Jews in Connecticut is a primary source-based activity exploring how Jewish immigrants in the 1840s used the right of petition to expand religious freedom in a state that had initially excluded them. It is part of the
Religious Freedom in Connecticut Learn More »
Immigrants Build a Community: Hartford Jews in the Early 20th Century is a primary source-based activity using historical photographs and other documents to explore how immigrants made themselves feel at home in Hartford. It is part of the Teach It:
Immigrants Build a Community Learn More »
November 17 at 7:30 PM Mandell Jewish Community Center Beginning in the 1870s, members of Hartford’s Jewish community became players in the city’s white-hot real estate market. Jewish real estate brokers, architects, builders and their clients all contributed to the
Building Jewish Hartford: Architects, Clients & Builders 11.17.22 Learn More »
October 23, 2022 10:00 AM – 12:00 A Brunch Program at the Faith Adventist Church, 500 Woodland St, Hartford. Co-sponsored by Beth El Men’s Club and the Emanuel Brotherhood $12 fee; register by October 17 Join us for a kosher
The Roots of Beth El Temple and Emanuel Synagogue 10.23.22 Learn More »
Recorded September 13, 2022 at 7:30 PM at the Mandell JCC Watch the video of our lively panel discussion on how LGBTQ Jews in the Hartford area made a place for themselves over the past several decades, and the
Proud and Jewish: LGBTQ Jews in Greater Hartford 9.13.22 Learn More »
This embroidered matzah cover includes the blessing over matzah that is part of the Passover seder. The multicolor design surrounds a symbol embroidered in green and pink, and the numbers “18” and “99” on either side may indicate the date.
Matzah Cover, 1899 Learn More »
These cards on different topics in local Jewish history can be displayed or printed out and used as a starting point for discussion and further exploration. For more information on “Jewish Stars” Beatrice Fox Auerbach and Annie Fisher, see our
Local History Topics Learn More »
The front of this painted, folk-art style ark from Beth HaMedrash HaGadol (known as the Garden Street Synagogue) is displayed outside the JHS offices in the Community Services Building. In 1922, the Orthodox congregation commissioned architects Berenson & Moses to
Ark Door from Beth Hamedrash HaGadol Synagogue Learn More »
