JFGH Press Room + Archive

Connecticut Cemetery Association Names Lisa K. Vaeth President

WEST HARTFORD, CONN.  2024) – The Connecticut Cemetery Association, Inc. (CCA) Board of Directors announced the election of Lisa K. Vaeth as the organization’s new president. “I am honored to be elected president and look forward to expanding our organization’s membership with the h…

Online Book Drive - Children's Reading Partners

Online Book Drive Benefits At-Risk Students in Greater Hartford Public Schools

Drive Runs from November 24 through January 5

 

West Hartford, Conn. (November 28, 2023) - Children’s Reading Partners, the West Hartford Rotary Club, and the Miale Team at Keller Williams Legacy Partners, h…

Statement on the Terrorist Murder of Elan Ganeles

Statement from the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford

Our community is shocked and outraged at the brutal murder of 27 year old West Hartford, CT resident, Elan Ganeles.  Elan was gunned down in a terrorist attack in Israel Monday evening.  Ganeles, who grew up in West Hartford and was…

JFGH Statement on Farmington School Board Decision

The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford applauds the December 5, 2022 announcement that the Farmington School District will add back Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to its school calendar and will reconsider the request from the South Asian community to add its holy day of Diwali.  Over the …

Liberty Bank Foundation Provides Support for Children’s Literacy Program

WEST HARTFORD, CONN. (October 24, 2022) – The Liberty Bank Foundation recently presented a $25k grant in support of Children’s Reading Partners (CRP), a literacy program offered by the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford for educationally at-risk students throughout the Greater Hartfor…