Nov

18 2018

The Small Russian-Jewish Immigrant Community of Chesterfield, Connecticut

1:30PM - 3:30PM  

Temple Sinai 41
N, CT 0

Contact Gail Reynolds
publicity@jgsct.org
http://www.jgsct.org

Please join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut on Sunday,
November 18, 2018, at 1:30 pm at Temple Sinai, 41 West Hartford Rd,
Newington. Nancy Savin, President of the New England Hebrew Farmers of
the Emanuel Society (NEHFES), presents "The New England Hebrew Farmers
of the Emanuel Society: The Story of the Small but Vibrant
Russian-Jewish Immigrant Community of Chesterfield, Connecticut."

Nancy R. Savin has worked to preserve the memory of the people who
came to Chesterfield, overseeing the installation of a monument at the
site in 1986, registering the New England Hebrew Farmers of the
Emanuel Society as a religious nonprofit, and working to get the
property designated as an archaeological preserve and listed on the
Connecticut and national registers of historic places.She has also
connected dozens of people related to the original settlers to the
site and each other.

Ms. Savin was a producer/host of arts documentaries and features at
CPTV for 17 years.

This meeting is free and open to the public. For additional
information, visit www.jgsct.org.

Sponsor: Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut