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Jewish Federation responds to Int'l Court of Justice Ruling

Today’s ruling by the International Court of Justice, while deeply flawed, affirms Israel’s right to continue defending itself from ongoing attacks by Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis following the horrific and brutal attacks of October 7th, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaus…

Woman of Impact: Leesa Wallace

What role does Jewishness play in your life, both as an individual and as a mother?

It’s central to everything. I came to Judaism much later in my life, following a Momentum trip to Israel in 2016. Since that time, there isn’t a day that goes by where I’m not touched by Judaism in som…

Woman of Impact: Robin Santiago

Our Woman of Impact profile features a local woman making a notable impact in our community. For this issue, we spoke with Dr. Robin Santiago, who has called West Hartford home for nearly her entire life. Until her retirement five years ago, Robin owned a private dental practice in West Hart…

A Community Partnership Leads to “Belonging and Wellness” for Jewish Youth

 

A partnership between Jewish Family Services, Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford (SSDS), and JTConnect has led to a new “Belonging and Wellness” pilot program for Jewish students at SSDS. This four-session series, developed for the school’s seventh-grade class, focuse…

SCN Community Security Director Looks Back on Two Years of Prevention

Nearly five years after a mass shooter took 11 lives at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, a jury handed down a sentence of death in August 2023. In the weeks and months following the shooting, law enforcement uncovered a series of antisemitic social media posts that foreshadowed the sho…