WEST HARTFORD, CONN. (April 15, 2019) – Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford’s Women of Impact have launched a new initiative to provide much-needed menstrual supplies for local people in need. The Dignity Project meets several times a year to assemble “Dignity Packs” of items not c…
HARTFORD, CONN. (February 25, 2019) – Bestselling Israeli author and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi will speak with Muslim thought leaders about Jewish-Muslim and Israeli-Palestinian relations during two free community programs on March 24 and 25, 2019. Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shal…
WEST HARTFORD, CONN. (January 14, 2019) – Children’s Reading Partners is seeking volunteers to read one-on-one with at-risk preschoolers in Bloomfield this spring. Its Preschool Pals program matches trained volunteers with children who need extra help to get ready for kindergarten.
Friends, in lieu of this week's Shabbat message, our Board Chair Cary Lakenbach has prepared a brief update on an important Federation endeavor. Shabbat Shalom! - Howard
Dear friends,
I am writing to share some exciting news. A few months ago, our Federation began a strategic planning proc…
HARTFORD, CONN. (January 10, 2019) – A delegation of 36 Jews and Christians from Greater Hartford has just returned from retracing the historic footsteps of civil rights leaders from Montgomery, Alabama, to Selma and back. The Interfaith Freedom and Justice Ride 2019 traveled from Connecti…