What does it mean to inherit a history you never personally lived through, yet still carry every day? On Tuesday, June 16 at 7 PM, join us at the JCC of Greater New Haven for an evening with Arthur Myron Horwitz, celebrating the release of his new memoir, Dual Identities: Living in Meier’s Shadow. Raised in New Haven, […]
This program will focus on the Oak Street/Legion Avenue, a bustling immigrant neighborhood that was home to generations of Jewish families who built bakeries, grocery stores, tailor shops, synagogues, landsmanshaftn, and community institutions within walking distance of one another. Yiddish could be heard on the sidewalks, and neighborhood businesses served as the social and economic […]
Nicole Zador, archivist at the Jewish Historical Society, will present a look at New Haven’s early Jewish writers. Using books, newspaper clippings, and photographs from the archives, she’ll highlight the journalists, poets, and novelists from the mid-1800s to the late 1900s who helped shape Jewish cultural life in the city and beyond. Register here.
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven is turning 50, and we’re celebrating our Golden Jubilee by celebrating you: the people and organizations at the heart of New Haven’s Jewish past, present, and future. Join us at 11:00 AM on Sunday, November 15 at the JCC of Greater New Haven for an afternoon of […]
Rabbi Charles Savenor Sunday, December 13, 2026 at Temple Beth Sholom, 9:30 AM Rabbi Charles Savenor is the Executive Director of Civic Spirit. Founded in 2017, Civic Spirit provides training in civic education to Jewish, Catholic, and Christian day schools to prepare students to be informed and engaged members of American democracy. Rabbi Savenor’s articles […]
Nicholas Lemann January 31, 2027 at Congregation Mishkan Israel Nicholas Lemann is an American writer and academic, and is the Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor of Journalism and Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has been a staff writer at The New […]
