Honoring Our Ancestors
You are warmly invited to attend Honoring Our Ancestors, a special event celebrating the progress of our Temple Beth Israel Community Archive Project. This Archive is dedicated to gathering and preserving the stories of our community’s founders and members, emphasizing the importance of safeguarding the history of our unique Jewish community. RSVP HERE!
Event highlights:
Date: Sunday, November 3, 2024
Time: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: Temple Beth Israel, 39 Killingly Drive, Danielson, CT 06239
Cost: Give what you will — All proceeds will support the completion of our Archive Room.
Join us for this special event as we honor the past, celebrate the present, and work together to preserve the future. Your participation and generosity will help ensure that our community’s stories are preserved for generations to come. For health and safety reasons, we are limiting attendance to 100 people. RSVP HERE. (You can also use that link to register if you’ll be joining us via Zoom.) You can make your donation here.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Event highlights:
- Introduction to the Community Archive and reflections on the value of preserving community history for future generations.
- Celebration of the Archive’s progress, showcasing a rich collection of stories and memories with examples of selected families’ stories offering a glimpse into the lives of those who built our shared heritage.
- An exclusive interview with our featured guest, the remarkable Dr. Elsie Fetterman, who just celebrated her 97th birthday and whose biography, The Elsie Blumenthal Fetterman Story, was recently published, providing an intimate look into her fascinating life and contributions to the community. You can purchase the book here or pick up your copy at the event. Elsie will be available to sign your copy of the book. For each book sold, $4 will go to support the completion of the Archive Room.
- A Q&A session will follow the interview with questions for Elsie and about the Archive.
- We will serve a variety of desserts and beverages.
Date: Sunday, November 3, 2024
Time: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: Temple Beth Israel, 39 Killingly Drive, Danielson, CT 06239
Cost: Give what you will — All proceeds will support the completion of our Archive Room.
Join us for this special event as we honor the past, celebrate the present, and work together to preserve the future. Your participation and generosity will help ensure that our community’s stories are preserved for generations to come. For health and safety reasons, we are limiting attendance to 100 people. RSVP HERE. (You can also use that link to register if you’ll be joining us via Zoom.) You can make your donation here.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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