L'dor V'dor Judaica rehomes Judaica, giving it another life and bringing joy and light into the lives of those who receive it. They source Judaica from thrift shops, estate and tag sales, and the trash so that these found items continue to be used and appreciated in Jewish homes. Through a focus on the use […]
The New Haven Museum (NHM) will highlight the resilience, courage, and ingenuity of local Jewish women during World War II in the Third Annual Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program, “Bullets, Bandages, and Making WAVES: Jewish Women in WWII New Haven,” on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 2 p.m. The program will also stream on […]
Join us on Wednesday, May 21 at 4:00 pm for this roughly 90-minute tour of the Grove Street Cemetery, America’s first chartered cemetery. We will cover the history of the cemetery itself, including its architecture and innovative layout, as well as the history of some of the known and lesser-known Jewish residents, including remarkable pioneers, scholars, philanthropists, and community […]
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven invites you to our Annual Awards Celebration, where we recognize members of the local Jewish community who are shaping history through their work, volunteerism, and philanthropy. This year, we are proud to honor not an individual, but an organization: the Chapel Haven Schleifer Center. An award-winning, nationally […]
What I learned from researching and writing Some Kind of Hate - An Intergenerational book talk. Location: Congregation B'nai Jacob, Woodbridge Speaker: Sarah Darer Littman, journalist and author of award-winning young adult fiction. Full Series: $36 | Individual Sessions: $18 Covers admission for up to 2 household members - Light refreshments will […]
Saturday, January 31 (snow date Saturday, February 7) 7-9 PM, Temple Beth Sholom, 1809 Whitney Avenue Made in L.A. 2008 News and Documentary Emmy Award, Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story. The film focuses on three Latina women who work in Los Angeles sweatshops and are denied minimum wages and overtime pay, enduring long […]
Sunday, February 1 at 2:30-4 PM Buley Library at SCSU, 377 Fitch Street, New Haven, CT, Ground Floor/Lower Level (Park at 377 Fitch Street lot, behind the Library) When We Fight, Award Winning documentary about the 2019 teacher’s strike in Los Angeles, (38 minutes) followed by a discussion of the issues and results, led by […]
Saturday February 7, 2:30 PM New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 9to5—The Story of a Movement is a documentary about the real-life 1970s Boston office workers who formed the 9to5 organization to fight for better, promotion opportunities, and an end to sexual harassment, inspiring the hit song and movie 9 to 5. It […]
Sunday, February 8 (snow date Sunday, February 22), 10AM - 12 noon Congregation Beth El Keser Israel, 81 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 9to5—The Story of a Movement is a documentary about the real-life 1970s Boston office workers who formed the 9to5 […]
A History of Christian Zionism and What it Means to Israel’s Future Location: Temple Beth Sholom, Hamden Speaker: Rabbi Dan Judson Provost, Hebrew College, Newton, MA Full Series: $36 | Individual Sessions: $18 Covers admission for up to 2 household members – Light refreshments will be served This is the second session of Meeting the Moment: What the Jewish Past Teaches About the Future. Explore […]
Saturday February 21 at 7:30 PM Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Hill Drive, Hamden, CT (Park in South parking lot, Visitor Parking spaces) Norma Rae is a 1979 film about a southern textile worker, played by Sally Field, who becomes a labor union organizer after meeting a New York union organizer, played by Ron Leibman. The film follows her […]
Teachers. Social workers. Secretaries. When we think of women in the labor movement, these occupations may not come to mind. Yet in New Haven and elsewhere, women in white-collar and “pink-collar” jobs broke new ground in the 1970s and ’80s by organizing and demanding labor rights. The New Haven Museum (NHM) and Jewish Historical Society of […]
