The Jewish Journal-Boston North

Flagging Tradition Honors War Vets

On a brilliant sunny day, a band of seven committed volunteers gathered at Temple Beth-El Cemetery in Peabody to do what they do twice annually. Each year before Memorial Day and before the High Holidays, this dedicated group of men and women place American flags at the graves of Jewish…… MORE

‘Inactive Jew’ Discovers the Holy Land

One night, Adam Bodner of Swampscott was hanging with a friend at Boston University. When he told her he was Jewish, she told him he could go to Israel for free. “I was unaware of this because I had not been an active Jew in more than 13 years,” said…… MORE

Celebrating 40 Years of Sending Youth to Israel

Comparing Robert I. Lappin to a “modern day Moses” leading 2,200 Jewish teens to the Promised Land over the past 40 years, Debbie Coltin kicked off the 40th anniversary celebration of the Youth to Israel program August 29. The joyous event welcomed back the 98 teens from 19 communities who…… MORE

Boxes on the Bimah

Members of Temple Sinai in Marblehead donated 118 boxes of cereal to the Social Action Committee’s Boxes on the Bimah project over the summer. The cereal was delivered to the Jewish Family Service and the Marblehead Food just in time for the Holidays.… MORE

Family Camp

From August 25 to 29, 11 North Shore families attended camp at Yavneh’s Family Camp in Northwood, N.H. Families enjoyed beautiful weather for swimming in the lake, boating, baseball, tennis, games, camp fires, Shabbat outside and more. Marblehead resident and veteran Douglas Smith led the group in rocket launching and…… MORE