News & Events
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We are in the midst of revamping this site. It should remain functional as we renovate behind the scenes, but we apologize for any issues in the meantime and hope you’ll check back soon for our grand reveal!
Artifacts
Oral History Project Wins Award
Our oral history digitization project was recently honored with an Award of Merit from the Connecticut League of History Organizations! Oral history has been the heart of the Jewish Historical Society’s collection since the organization first started documenting the Jewish history of the Hartford region. In this project, we digitized 820
Education
Local Heroes in the Jewish Community
Explore how local leaders Beatrice Fox Auerbach, Annie Fisher, and Abraham Ribicoff applied Jewish values of chesed and tzedakah (compassion and justice) in their work. PowerPoint presentation highlights examples, sources and questions for teachers and others looking to illustrate how these values can translates to everyday life. Click to see
Delicious Memories
Sweet Blintzes from The Gefilte Manifesto
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 she