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As Winter Nears, Local Aid To Ukraine Grows
Carl Harvey with one of the three vehicles the group hopes to ship next month. As a young nurse training at Walter Reed Medical Center during the Vietnam War, Jane Ryzewski knows firsthand how much...
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Pizzeria Raises Dough For Turkish Earthquake Victims
The rubble in Diyarbakır, Turkey. Stepping up: Kadir Catalbasoglu Tuesday at Brick Oven Pizza. The tragedy unfolding in his native Turkey prompted Kadir Catalbasoglu to do what he usually does when...
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Pizza-Fueled $10K On Its Way To Earthquake Victims
Christine Janis and John Deming at Brick Oven Pizza during Thursday's fundraiser. Christine Janis and John Deming ordered up a dinner pie with extra toppings — and a message for the...
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Donations, Prayers Pour Into Turkish Mosque
Hulya Elevli: “I’m not changing my clothes because I’m thinking, 'They can’t change theirs over there.'” Some of the donations ready to be boxed and shipped to Turkey. Hulya Elevli has spent every day...
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Democracy In The Balance
James Bhandary-Alexander and Alyson Heimer at WNHH FM. In New Haven, people are proposing ideas to strengthen democracy.In Israel, people are taking to the streets to try to save democracy.In the...
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New Haven Support For Ukraine Remains Steady At War 1-Year Mark
Keeping hope alive: Christina Logvynyuk, Olekseii Atnoniuk, Myron Melnyk, and Carl Harvey at WNHH FM. New Haven hasn’t forgotten Ukraine.
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Local Ukrainian Americans Eye New Humanitarian Aid Nonprofit
Paul Zalonski and Jayne Ryzewski on Sunday. Even if the war in Ukraine ends tomorrow, which it will not, there will remain an urgent need to rebuild the Eastern European country’s Russian-destroyed...
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Rising Star Focuses On Journo Pal's Arrest
New Havener makes good: Award-winning NYT mag writer Jazmine Hughes. WSJ's Evan Gershkovich. In the space of half a day, Jazmine Hughes went from celebrating reaching a milestone in her dream career —...
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World Refugee Day Celebrated
World Refugee Day picnic. College Woods Park came alive with dance, food, and community last weekend as New Haveners gathered to celebrate World Refugee Day.
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250 Rally For Palestine, Ceasefire
At Wednesday's rally on Elm Street ... ... outside of U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro's office. Roughly 250 Jewish New Haveners and their allies rallied on the steps of City Hall and then outside of U.S. Rep....
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"Bank of Targets" Screening Uncovers Palestinian Suffering Amid Israeli...
Filmmaker Rushdi Sarraj. Roughly 130 people from around the world tuned in to a virtual movie screening to get an on-the-ground view of the human suffering caused by bombs dropped on Gaza, past and...
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100 Gather For Vigil For Palestine
Nour Ebid at Monday's vigil: "This is a global catastrophe." With microphone in hand, Nour Ebid transported a crowd of 100 mourning Yalies to a hospital floor in Gaza where a 9‑year-old Palestianian...
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Hostage Crisis Touches New Haven At Broadway Memorial
Ben Silvert and Andrea Weinstein with a photo of Andrea's sister and brother-in-law, Judih and Gad. Andrea Weinstein’s sister Judih is a person of peace. She’s vegan and loves teaching English and...
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Israel-Hamas War's Dead Remembered On Elm St.
Shelly Altman (center) helping read the names of the dead ... ... at Thursday's sidewalk gathering. Ben Ori, 31.Aisha Khalil Hamdan, 72.Wahba Abdullah Hussein, 65.Ibrahim Hamid Hussein, 62.Muhammad...
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IRIS Picks New Executive Director
Maggie Mitchell Salem. Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) has selected Maggie Mitchell Salem to serve as its new executive director, nearly six months after Chris George announced that...
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Israeli Correspondent Navigates Fears, Hope
Tzippy Shmilovitz. The 5,591 miles separating New Haven and Tel Aviv got a lot farther since Oct. 7 for Tzippy Shmilovitz.
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How I Spent My 80th Birthday
What I didn’t do:I didn’t fly to Nashville on Avelo. I didn’t rent a Ferrari for the day. I didn’t strip naked at Lighthouse Point and attempt to swim to Long Island.Instead, I embarked on an...
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Tree Lighting Brings Out Ceasefire Protesters, Holiday Revelers
Pro-Palestine protesters gather at Thursday's tree-lighting. As close to a thousand people gathered for New Haven’s annual tree-lighting celebration on the Green, hundreds protested mere feet away in...
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Hundreds Rally Downtown For Palestine; Menorah Climbing Denounced As Antisemitic
At Saturday's protest on Elm Street. A protester climbing the menorah on the Green on Saturday. About 300 people marched in the streets and rallied on the Green on Saturday in the latest local effort...
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Jewish Leaders, Pols Denounce Menorah "Desecration"
Rabbi Gershon Borenstein on Monday: "One act of positivity will far outpace ... what one negative act can do"; a protester on Saturday, climbing the menorah with a Palestinian flag. Elected officials...
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