Research Your Past

Are you curious about your family’s background in New Haven CT? How about the history of New Haven’s Jewish neighborhood, synagogues and organizations?

Our archives and archivists help people learn more about Jewish New Haven history as well as general New Haven history. Common questions we regularly research include births, deaths and weddings. Our extensive collection of photographs provides views of New Haven over the past century.

Contribute to the Collection

Do you have documents, photos, videos, films or things that illustrate some aspect of Jewish life in New Haven?

Papers and objects that might not seem important to you, may help us fill in gaps in our collections and help us provide a fuller portrait of Jewish life in New Haven over the centuries. Talk with us about donating your material to our collection.

Updates

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2024 Annual Awards Celebration

Thank you to everyone who joined us this past Sunday to honor Kinneret Chiel, Lindy Lee Gold, and Amy Rashba for their work and dedication to our community. These women have each left a lasting mark on New Haven and beyond, and it was inspiring to celebrate their achievements with so many of you who share their passion for making a difference.

Thank you to the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, the Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven, the staff of the JCC of Greater New Haven, and Chef Adam of A Taste of Eden Milford. This event wouldn’t have been possible without you!

If you couldn’t attend but would like to join us in our mission to preserve and uplift the Jewish stories and history of the Greater New Haven area, become a member today!

Photographs courtesy of Judy Sirota Rosenthal.

Kinneret Chiel embracing Rabbi Herbert Brockman

Judaica Project

JHSGNH and the Peter C. Hereld House for Jewish Life at Quinnipiac University are thrilled to present the Judaica Project! Please join us for monthly dialogues on Zoom about Judaica, Jewish art, and what these mean to you. This series is made possible by a generous grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven.

View our previous programs on this YouTube playlist!

A Call for Oral History Volunteers

Are you interested in the process of oral history and want to learn more? JHSGNH is currently working to make our 400+ audiovisual material available to the public and resume collecting oral history interviews. There are many ways to get involved, from transcription and tagging, to conducting the interview or being interviewed! If you’re interested, please reach out to us!

An Ethnic History of New Haven

A publication of The Ethnic Heritage Center of New Haven
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Jews In New Haven

Walk New Haven

JHS Newsletter

We thank The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and Andrew Eder for their financial contributions towards the construction of this website.