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First Rabbi Appointed To Serve in Stratford
Rabbi Joseph Gitman, Polish born former secretary to France’s Chief Rabbi, named spiritual leader of Stratford Jewish Community. He will direct Hebrew classes and Sunday school while serving as rabbi. The couple with two children to be honored at a Saturday supper. Gitman’s long career includes studies in Warsaw and Yale, wartime service, and roles in Hartford Ansonia and Paris. He is chaplain of the Jewish War Veterans of Connecticut.
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Joseph Gitman
Poland
France
Stratford
Theodore Blumenthal
Rabbi Citman
Rabbi Gitman
Huntington Road Center
David Miller
Warsaw Theological Seminary
Statford
Tewlah Siegieny Ete
United States
Eli Gitman
Dubno
Trinity College
Yale University
Gilman
Yeshiva Institute
Hartford
West Haven
Jewish Community Center
Beth-El-Synagogue
Ansonia
Valley
State Board of Education
Gitman
Paris
Berlitz School of Modern Languages
Alliance Francaise
State Department
Yeshiva University Graduate School
New York
University of Connecticut
Hillyer Colege
Carolyn Liberman
West Hartford
Children
Jewish War Veterans of Connecticut