Events
A Wonderful Struggle: New Haven Jewish Women in the Labor Movement
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 […]
New Haven, CT
Meeting the Moment Session 3: When Moses Met Washington
250 Years of Engagement: With rising antisemitism and intense political divides, let’s explore historical moments of engagement Location: Congregation Mishkan Israel Speaker: Rabbi Charles Savenor Executive Director, Civic Spirit Full Series: $36 | […]
Hamden, CT 06517 United States
Meeting the Moment Session 4: “Concealed”
An American-born daughter’s memoir of her Iranian-Jewish parents’ experience emigrating to the U.S. from the Iranian city of Mashhad. Location: Congregation Or Shalom Speaker: Esther Amini, author, painter, and psychoanalytic […]
Orange, CT 06477
Past Events
2026 Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program Film Series: Norma Rae
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 […]
Hamden, CT 06517
Meeting the Moment Session 2: Why Not Give Palestine Back (To The Jews) Again
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 […]
Hamden, CT 06517 United States
2026 Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program Film Series: 9to5 — The Story of a Movement, Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel
Sunday, February 8 (snow date Sunday, February 22), 10AM - 12 noon Congregation Beth El Keser Israel, 81 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT […]
New Haven, CT 06515
2026 Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program Film Series: 9to5 — The Story of a Movement, New Haven Museum
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 […]
New Haven, CT
2026 Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program Film Series: When We Fight
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 […]
New Haven, CT 06515
2026 Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program Film Series: Made in L.A.
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 […]
Hamden, CT 06517 United States
Meeting the Moment Session 1: Empathy is Not Endorsement
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 […]
Woodbridge, CT 06525 United States
2025 Annual Awards Celebration: Honoring Chapel Haven Schleifer Center
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 […]
Woodbridge, CT 06525 United States
Jewish Voices of Grove Street: A Guided Cemetery Tour
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, […]
New Haven, CT 06511 United States
Bullets, Bandages, and Making WAVES: Jewish Women in WWII New Haven
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, […]
New Haven, CT
