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Topic: Connecticut

May 18, 2013
9:48 am

Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. (Photo credit: AP/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham)

60 injured in Connecticut train collision

Five people treated at hospital for critical injuries; over 700 were on board trains headed to and from New York City

By Susan Haigh

December 18, 2012
6:39 pm

Mourning in Newtown (Photo: AP/David Goldman)

Newtown funerals continue as some schools reopen

Victims of Sandy Hook Elementary are laid to rest as debate over gun control rages

December 17, 2012
6:48 pm

Mourners grieve at one of the makeshift memorials for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Mary Altaffer)

Newtown prepares to bury its youngest victims, including Jewish boy killed in massacre

Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto, both 6, being laid to Monday; officials unsure if elementary school will reopen

December 15, 2012
6:24 am

Police block off a section of Yogananda Street near a house belonging to the mother of a man who opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people. (photo credit: AP/Jason DeCrow)

School shooting suspect was honors student

Police believe Adam Lanza murdered his mother and gunned down 26 others, including 20 children, in Connecticut town

December 15, 2012
4:06 am

People arrive for a prayer service at Newtown United Methodist Church in the aftermath of a mass shooting at nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School. (photo credit: AP/Jason DeCrow)

Tragic shooting shatters rural calm in Newtown, Connecticut

Quiet community outside New York City reels after elementary school attack in which 27 killed

December 15, 2012
12:42 am

A police officer leads two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, in December (photo credit: AP/Newtown Bee/Shannon Hicks)

Western Connecticut Jews look to help community cope after shooting that killed 20 local kids

Local federation aims to help victims’ families pay for burials, ‘things they never planned for with kids at this young age’

By Haviv Rettig Gur

December 14, 2012
9:52 pm

Heavily armed Connecticut State troopers on the scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, December 2012 (photo credit: AP/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)

Gunman kills mother, then 26 others at elementary school

Officials say 20-year-old killer Adam Lanza killed himself; tearful Obama says nation must come together to take meaningful action

November 14, 2012
7:02 pm

Three teens arrested in vandalism of Conn. Jewish cemetery

JTA — Three teenagers were arrested for vandalizing a Jewish cemetery in Connecticut The boys, aged 14 and 15, were arrested over the weekend, according to reports. More than 60 gravestones were overturned in the Congregation Ados Beth Israel Cemetery in Hartford between Oct. 12 and Oct. 19. The teens live near the cemetery and [...]

October 22, 2012
1:57 pm

Vandals overturn gravestones in Connecticut Jewish cemetery

Some 40 markers knocked from their bases

July 13, 2012
4:32 pm

Abortion and capital punishment: Developing a Jewish culture of life

No government should be guilty of allowing an innocent human being to die. It’s a good place for a respectful dialogue to begin, one where religious groups can be active participants

By Joshua Hammerman

April 5, 2012
11:37 am

Condo reverses course on mezuza ban

Condo association issues apology in local Connecticut paper

March 23, 2012
6:38 am

A broken mezuzah (photo credits: Chen Leopold/Flash90)

Connecticut condo bans mezuzot — but not crosses

Anti-Defamation League asks why condo association ‘effectively bans Jews from living there’

February 28, 2012
12:51 pm

Chabad loses discrimination case in Connecticut