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UMass-Amherst to host pro-BDS panel
A roster of international leaders of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement – led by Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters – will lead a panel discussion at UMass-Amherst next month. The event, “Not Backing Down: Israel, Free...
Read moreHillel to honor Knopfs
MARBLEHEAD – Every year since 1987, the Friends of the Hillel Library have recognized members of the community for their commitment to learning and the pursuit of knowledge by presenting them with The Edith Bloch...
Read morePeabody native needs life-saving kidney donation
In 1999, Gene Ogman learned that he had a rare kidney disease that had only a 30 percent chance of going into remission. He vowed he would beat the disease and stay alive for his...
Read moreZakim will not seek reelection
BOSTON – Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim has decided not seek reelection this year. Zakim, 35, was first elected to the City Councilor in November of 2013. He represents the neighborhoods of Back Bay, Beacon...
Read moreAnnual labor Seder is always a work in progress
It’s been nearly 20 years since a group of local Jewish leaders hosted the New England Jewish Labor Committee’s first community labor Seder. “It was a small group. We sat around the conference table at...
Read moreWhat will become of Touro’s $7.4 million Torah Rimonim?
A pair of historic, handcrafted silver Torah bells has been at the center of an acrimonious, seven-year-long legal dispute between two venerable Jewish religious institutions over ownership of the Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., the...
Read moreWomen mark rite of passage atop Masada
In a shady alcove atop Masada, in what was once the courtyard of a Roman home, 10 women with garlands of white flowers adorning their heads huddled under a tallit and put their arms...
Read moreIDF soldier’s body returned to Israel from Lebanon
After decades of negotiations, the body of an Israeli soldier killed in the 1982 Lebanon War has been returned to Israel, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday. Zachary Baumel’s remains were flown back on...
Read moreJTI, CJP Community Action Day slated for April 14
SALEM – On Sunday, April 14, teens from all over the North Shore will come together for JTI and CJP Community Action Day (formerly JServe North Shore Mitzvah Day) to lead generations of families, friends,...
Read moreLawsuit targets Newton’s alleged anti-Semitism curriculum
NEWTON – Several residents of the Boston suburb of Newton have filed a lawsuit in a local superior court over what they alleged as bias in the school district’s teaching of the Arab-Israeli conflict in...
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