Jews on Bank Street (or nearby)
Having fled the Czar's Army, he ultimately settled and set up shop in New Milford via Kingston and Poughkeesie.
Who was Joseph Golden?
Go to this diner and maybe you'll see Luke from The Gilmore Girls.
What is Theo's?
Though he signed the Declaration of Independence, she was the first Jew and first woman to be town mayor.
Who are Roger Sherman and Liba Furhman?
Clocking in around this many thousand Yiddn in CT, we might wonder if Moses' age is connected.
What is 120?
Louis and Dora Gardner lived on Bank Street and had a tailor shop. Their son, Herman, had the first .... in New Milford (1913).
What is bar mitzvah?
Mt. Sinai is where we got Torah but being "beyond the mountain place" is the name of this local waterway.
What is the Housatonic?
Temple Sholom brought its torah to our Kent Road location in this year on this holiday.
What is 1971 and Purim?
Senator Joe Lieberman broke CT history twice (1988 & 1994). Once had to do with God & Mitzvot and once % of voters in the Nutmeg State.
What is being the first Orthodox Jew in the Senate and what is being elected by 67% of the voters?
What are musical instruments?
Mayor Pete Bass and Rabbi Mark Cohn share this town in common for part of their lives ...
What is Winston-Salem, NC?
Lux et Veritas was chosen for this University's Coat of Arms by Ezra Stiles. Extra credit for the Hebrew.
What is Yale? (אורים ותומים)
Hartford houses most of CT's Jews ... who's in 2nd place?
What is New Haven?
Max Neisner fought in this war and became an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic. His donation to the Water Witch Hose Co. #2 remains in use.
What are the Civil War and an ornate chair?
The M3 Stuart Tank was place on the Town Green at about the same time that Israel was became a State.
What is the Spring of 1948?
This building sits atop Roger Sherman's birthplace. (Extra credit if you know who designed the iron handrails.)
What is Town Hall? (Who is Tam Potter's father?)
In 1818, Jews got the right to vote in CT but were not allowed to build synagogues until 1843. That's because this Church had a monopoly in religion in Connecticut.
What is Congregational?
Jews might not own businesses "downtown" any more ... but you can't miss the building opposite the Green with a very Jewish name!
What is the Cohen Building?
This man was New Milford's first School Superintendent and served 42 years as a teacher and public servant.
Who was John Pettibone (1877-1949)
Serving for 35 years as Temple Sholom's rabbi, he was the first full-time rabbi and longest serving.
Who was Rabbi Norman Koch?
Cornwall Bridge, Colchester, Sharon, Canton, Somers are five of about twenty of these kind of Baron de Hirsch communities.
What is Jewish farming?