The Preservation Society has launched its 2024 Annual Campaign. These past several years have been filled with challenges including a pandemic, an old, leaking roof and a flood resulting from frozen pipes. Your generous help together with support from the State of Connecticut, enabled us to make repairs and continue our programming. Now we are ready to fill our historic building with new spiritual, educational, and cultural programs designed to advance our mission. Will you help us with a generous donation? Your support will enable us to keep a treasured and important part of Connecticut Jewish history alive. See this year's annual campaign letter.
Preservation Society Secures Archive Assessment Grant
We are excited to announce that we have been awarded a Collections Assessment Grant for 2024!Read our press release.
Statement on Conflict in the Middle East
The Temple Beth Israel Preservation Society condemns the evil, horrific, and brutal attacks by Hamas that have left hundreds dead and thousands injured in Israel.We condemn the kidnapping of civilians. We urge the immediate and safe release of the more than 240 hostages; families, elderly, and children who have been taken to Gaza.
Our hearts break for all those who have lost loved ones and remain in terror and for the innocent civilians in Israel and in Gaza who will be injured or die in the coming days.Hamas has done nothing to advance the interests of the Palestinian people.This deplorable attack undermines efforts for a peaceful solution to this long-standing conflict.
We urge all parties to uphold international law and work together to create a pathway forward for peace and human rights for all who live in the region.
Our Mission
Our mission is twofold: 1) preserve our parents’ and grandparents’ stories of trauma, healing, and renewal and 2) use those stories to promote understanding of, and empathy for, the Holocaust and its enduring impact on humanity. We fulfill our mission by:
Offering programs designed to enrich appreciation of cultural, religious, and social differences. This includes contemporary celebrations of ancient rituals, interfaith celebrations, and educational programs addressing the dangers of prejudice, racism, and bystander indifference.
Maintaining an archive documenting the history of the community through books, letters, photographs, oral histories, and other historical artifacts that bear witness to the remarkable contributions of this particular Jewish community to life in Northeastern Connecticut.
Collaborating with schools, colleges, cultural institutions, and religious and civic organizations on creating valuable and unique learning opportunities.