The New England Hebrew Farmers of the Emanuel Society

Our president, Nancy R. Savin, is thrilled to announce that our recently hired Yiddishcist, Jacqueline Nekhe Krass, will be the guest speaker at the 20th Annual NEHFES Members Meeting on Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 7:00pm EDT. The meeting will be held via Zoom. Members will receive the link and agenda in advance of the meeting, and are encouraged to forward the information to relatives or others who might be interested. Jacqueline Nekhe Krass Our guest speaker is an acclaimed w

The major masonry repairs and steel bracing for the NEHFES site's early 20th century community house/mikveh is now complete! With...

The NEHFES Board of Directors will meet on September 14, 2025, January 11, 2026, and April 12, 2026. All meetings will be via Zoom.

Be a part of our NEHFES "Antiques Roadshow" as members gather to schmooze and share ancestral family heirlooms, documents, and photos! ...

Mark your calendars for the 19th Annual NEHFES Membership Meeting via Zoom on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 7:00pm. Additional information...

The NEHFES Board of Directors will meet via Zoom on Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 7:00pm.

NEHFES members are invited to participate in our annual meeting on May 19, 2024 at 8:00pm EDT, via Zoom. This year's speaker will be...

Members will be receiving information about the annual NEHFES Members' Zoom Schmooze. on April 14, 2024, at 7:00pm EDT. This is your...

On June 10, 2022, a Warranty Deed was filed with the Montville Town Clerk formally gifting the synagogue parcel of our NEHFES site to the...

The Annual Meeting of The New England Hebrew Farmers of the Emanuel Society (NEHFES) of Chesterfield, CT will be held on Sunday, June 26,...

On October 15, 2021, in the Hartford offices of the Connecticut State Preservation Office (SHPO) at 1:00 P.M., The New England Hebrew Farmers of the Emanuel Society (NEHFES) and The Archeological Conservancy (TAC) cosigned a Donation Agreement that gifts the synagogue parcel of the "NEHFES Synagogue and Creamery Site" in Chesterfield, Connecticut to TAC. TAC is a nonprofit organization that acquires and preserves significant archaeological sites in the United States. By pla

In a highly successful public/private collaboration, NEHFES and CT SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office) shared the cost of a complicated and marvelous rehabilitation of the remaining stones of the NEHFES synagogue foundation. Based on a work plan devised by HPI, or Historic Perspectives, Inc of Westport, CT, Derek Pepin of Derek Pepin Masonry completed a methodical repositioning of the remaining stones of the NEHFES synagogue foundation in October 2021. This was not a re

On October 15, 2021, in the Hartford offices of the Connecticut State Preservation Office (SHPO) at 1:00 P.M., The New England Hebrew...

The NEHFES membership, at its June 6, 2021, annual meeting, took a significant step toward ensuring the long-term preservation of the...

The Annual Meeting of The New England Hebrew Farmers of the Emanuel Society (NEHFES) of Chesterfield, CT will be held on Sunday, June 6,...

Descendants of the New England Hebrew Farmers of the Emanuel will have another opportunity to meet and chat virtually on Sunday, February...

An amazing event occurred on June 7, 2020, when 35 descendant members and friends of The New England Hebrew Farmers of the Emanuel...

The Annual Meeting of The New England Hebrew Farmers of the Emanuel Society (NEHFES) of Chesterfield, CT will be held on Sunday, June 7,...

Great News! NEHFES asked title researcher Carol Spenser to create a database of all land transactions – purchases and sales – in...

The Annual Meeting of The New England Hebrew Farmers of the Emanuel Society (NEHFES) of Chesterfield, CT will be held on Sunday, June 9,...