Making waves in the field of Judaic Studies, is a recent discovery by State Archaeologist Nick Bellantoni and Professor Stuart Miller in Old Chesterfield, CT.  Read about what they uncovered.The mikveh barely existed in 19th century American, where Jewish immigrants turned against religion. But one has been found in Connecticut, and it is more similar those in Israel than in the US.  Nicholas Bellantoni, state archeologist, left, Stuart Miller, professor of Hebrew, history and Judaic studies look down into the site of a old US mikveh (Photo Credit: Peter Morenus/UConn Photo) Researchers in Connecticut have unearthed in a old farming community a 19th century mikveh that has totally changed view of Jewish history in the United States.  Read more

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