JFGH Press Room + Archive

Children’s Reading Partners Seeks Summer Volunteers to Read with Students

WEST HARTFORD, CONN. (June 6, 2019) – Children’s Reading Partners is seeking volunteers to read one-on-one with preschool and elementary students at three locations in Bloomfield and Hartford this summer. Its Summer Reading League provides reading enrichment to children at Bloomfield Ear…

Federation Condemns Arson at New Haven Mosque

The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Hartford strongly condemn the act of arson committed Sunday at the Diyanet Mosque in New Haven. Acts of violence against a religious or cultural group are never acceptable, and this cowardly act o…

Federation Names New President and CEO

WEST HARTFORD, CONN. (May 6, 2019) – Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford has named David Waren as its new president and CEO. Waren is currently vice president of regional operations and advancement for ADL (Anti-Defamation League). He succeeds Howard Sovronsky, who is retiring from the p…

Author & Journalist Jessica Abo to Speak at Living with Intention

WEST HARTFORD, CONN. (May 3, 2019) – Bestselling author and journalist Jessica Abo will discuss how her Jewish values have influenced her career and share advice on living a more authentic, “unfiltered” life at Living with Intention 2019, to be held on Monday evening, May 20, 2019, at …

Federation Condemns Shooting at California Synagogue

Dear friends,
 
Six months to the day since the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, yesterday we were again confronted with a vicious act of anti-Semitic violence - this time at Congregation Chabad of Poway, California, north of San Diego. Our Federation stands against all such a…