Exciting News: We’re Partnering with the Yiddish Book Center!
We’re honored to announce a year-long partnership with the Yiddish Book Center through their Yiddish Arts and Culture Initiative (YACI).
This collaboration is a major milestone for our small but passionate organization in northeastern Connecticut. The Yiddish Book Center is internationally recognized for preserving and sharing Yiddish literature, language, and culture — and now, they’re bringing their expertise and support to our corner of the world.
Together, we’ll offer new programs, events, and educational opportunities that celebrate Jewish heritage and storytelling. Stay tuned for upcoming events and ways to get involved!
Thank you to the Yiddish Book Center for helping amplify our work and our community’s voice.
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:
Collaborating with schools, colleges, cultural institutions, and religious and civic organizations on creating valuable and unique learning opportunities.
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 a Community 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 and to the Jewish diaspora in general.