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Strengthening A Historic Connection: Center For Small Town Jewish Life To Bolster Community Ties And Replace Them Elsewhere, Stephen Collins

Colby Magazine

For generations, collaboration between Colby and central Maine's Jewish community has been one of the strong threads in the fabric of the town-gown partnership, and in recent years it's grown even stronger. Now a new initiative will extend that tie, attempting to bottle the formula that connects Colby, Hillel, and Waterville's Beth Israel Congregation so colleges and communities across the country can try to replicate it.