NEWS & EVENTS
*** NEW!!!! Jewish New Haven Slide Show on video
Montage of pictures of photos and objects from the archives of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven. Thanks to Werner Hirsch for putting this together!
*** The New Haven Independent Writes About Local Jewish History...
Urban renewal extinguished a star in the Hill neighborhood. It has reappeared, for good, in a new home in Westville.
The star was born in the central window of the old “Rose Street Shul.” That was a synagogue on a little street near what’s now Yale-New Haven Hospital. The entire street, including the synagogue, perished in the mid-20th century bulldozer-driven assault on New Haven known as “urban renewal.”
The old synagogue spawned two successors across town in Westville, where much of the Jewish community was moving: the conservative egalitarian Beth El Keser Israel (BEKI) on Harrison Street and the Orthodox Westville Synagogue on West Prospect Street. Both congregations are still going strong in the 21st century.
The image of the star from Rose Street’s window inspired the design of a colorful new work of stained-glass installed above the Harrison Street entrance to BEKI. An official dedication of the window is planned for this Sunday.... Read the whole thing
*** Jewish Book Month: Allen Ruff, author of "Save Me Julie Kogon"
Sunday October 26, 2008
27 Tishrei 5769
CULTURAL/ARTS
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Author Talk/Book-signing
Allen Ruff is a former bartender, currently a book seller, cab driver, story teller and political activist. He holds a Ph.D. in US History from the University of Wisconsin and has previously published several book-length histories, and numerous journalistic pieces. This is his first novel.
A talented raconteur, he inherited that skill from some of the real New Haven characters, now the inspiration for "Save Me, Julie Kogon." The book portrays four generations of a Jewish family coping with life in the Legion Ave/Oak Street neighborhood of New Haven. He currently calls Madison, Wisconsin home.
Location: JCC Community Room
360 Amity Road
New Haven, CT
Contact: Marvin Bargar 392-6125 jhsgnh@yahoo.com
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Jewish Historical Society
Jewish Community Center
*** Congratulations and welcome to the new 2008/2009 JHSGNH Board & Trustees!
*** We can now accept credit card payments (through paypal) for membership dues and book purchases! Please contact the office for details.
*** Congratulations to JHSGNH board member Martin Glassner, who has edited a new book. For more information, go to the Wayne State University Press website.
RECENT EVENTS & PROGRAMS
***Octogenarians: Share Your Memories With Sam Faiman!
Sun., Aug. 24, 11 am
Ethnic Heritage Ctr.
*** Stars to shine for breakfast at JCC Sunday June 29
The stars will shine at the annual breakfast meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven, which is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Center in Woodbridge. Edith (Edie) Goodmaster will bring those stars to the Sunday, June 29, event with her talk, “My Life With the Stars.” The event is scheduled for 10 a.m.
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*** Our neighboring organization to the north, the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford, is sponsoring an important exhibit May 4 – June 20, 2008
Scream the Truth at the World: Emanuel Ringelblum and the Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto
May 4 - June 20
On September 18, 1946, evidence of the destruction of Polish Jewry, ghetto life, and Nazi brutality was pulled from the rubble of the Warsaw Ghetto. The Ringelblum archive, as the materials came to be known, is the most important source for, and the most poignant testimony to, the destruction of Polish Jewry.
Scream the Truth at the World: Emanuel Ringelblum and the Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto, curated by the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and the Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, will be on loan to the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut from May 4 through June 20. This is a stop on a national tour for the exhibit, which was originally on view at the Museum in New York from November 7, 2001 through February 18, 2002, and subsequently appeared internationally, including venues in San Francisco, California, Houston, Texas, and throughout Europe.
For more information, contact JHSGH.
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Phone: (860) 727-6171
Fax: (860) 232-5221
E-mail: ekafer@jewishhartford.org
*** On January 26, 2008, JHSGNH organized a panel at the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven's annual "Taste of Honey" adult education program.
"Remembering Our Roots: A Sentimental Journey Down Whalley Avenue." Featuring a panel of former Whalley Avenue business owners. Moderated by JHSGNH board member Len Honeyman.
Congratulations to everyone who helped to make this event happen!
*** Sunday April 13, 2008 -- JHSGNH Hall of Fame Dinner
Please join us as we honor Rita Gold, Albert Harary, and Dr. Gary Fleischman!