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Gorbachev’s lasting legacy: He loosened the grip of Soviet antisemitism
When Vladimir Foygelman was growing up in Soviet-ruled Kyiv, he recalled an atmosphere of limited opportunities for Jews like himself to express themselves culturally. That changed in the years after Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party in 1985. “People started to organize...
The New Year brings a delightful selection of children’s books
Leave it to Eric A. Kimmel, author of the classic “Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins,” whose scores of award-winning Jewish children’s books often feature mythical spirits – to craft a lighthearted Rosh Hashanah tale that features Sasquatch, also known as Big Foot. “Miriam and the...
Tears of clarity on Yom Kippur
All was well on the second floor of the synagogue in my early childhood. My father, praying in the men’s section, was comfortable with Orthodoxy. My mother was one of those spouses who went to services twice a year, recognized none of the prayers, felt...
Over 100 attend Saugus rally to protest antisemitic and racist incidents
SAUGUS – Just days after a white supremacist group hung antisemitic and racist banners at highway overpasses in Saugus and Danvers, a group of 125 attended a rousing rally last Wednesday on the steps of Saugus City Hall to protest against hate. Many said they...
NEWS
Jewish students, leaders bring High Holidays services back to campus
The pandemic has hit college students hard over the last couple of years, impeding learning, disrupting athletics, and isolating them...
CULTURE
The New Year brings a delightful selection of children’s books
Leave it to Eric A. Kimmel, author of the classic “Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins,” whose scores of award-winning Jewish...
OPINION
Tears of clarity on Yom Kippur
All was well on the second floor of the synagogue in my early childhood. My father, praying in the men’s...
U.S. / WORLD
Orthodox Jewish groups are joining an evangelical Christian mailman’s Supreme Court case
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A number of Orthodox Jewish groups are filing friend of the court briefs on behalf of an...
Swastikas discovered in Marblehead; masked men hang “Jews did 9/11” sign on highway overpasses
MARBLEHEAD – Public Jew-hatred was on display last weekend in northeastern Massachusetts, from Marblehead’s pastoral Hamond Nature Center – where...
Rivka’s recipes
I am reasonably sure that I was the only kid who ever brought peanut butter and jelly on matzoh sandwiches...
A New Year is a time to wrestle hatred to the ground
Can it be a coincidence that as Rosh Hashanah approaches, President Joe Biden convened a Washington summit to examine the...
Yom Kippur student absences could cost Michigan schools state funding
(JTA) – The holiest day of the Jewish calendar couldn’t come at a worse time for Michigan public schools this...
Kreevoy joins Epstein Hillel School
MARBLEHEAD – Epstein Hillel School has hired Lori Kreevoy as the director of Development & Community Engagement. In this role,...
‘Clearly, nobody wanted these people’
There are many moments in “The U.S. and the Holocaust” – the new six-hour, three-part documentary by Ken Burns and...
Editorial: The Days of Awe are upon us
Rosh Hashanah begins this Sunday night, and Yom Kippur starts the evening of Oct. 4. You don’t have be an...
As Putin’s war sputters, antisemitism seeps into the Russian media landscape
(JTA) — Soon after he rose to power 22 years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin cracked down on the open...
Woolf to step down as president of Hebrew SeniorLife in 2023
BOSTON – Louis J. Woolf, president and CEO of Harvard Medical School-affiliate Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL), an integrated system of health...
‘Shanda’ lays bare an author’s struggle to understand the roots of her family’s deceptions
STOCKBRIDGE – Letty learned the family secret on a blustery spring day at a family bar mitzvah celebration in Winthrop....
‘We need to up the joy that is inherent in being Jewish’
A few months ago, some members of our community’s leadership and staff went on a mini-retreat to begin to plan...
How an accidental activist became the ‘foreign minister of the Jewish people’
(JTA) — As a newly arrived American exchange teacher at a Moscow public school in 1974, David Harris was discreetly...
Brandeis names Pulitzer Prize-winning editor Martin Baron 2023 Richman Fellow
Martin Baron, a renowned journalist who has overseen coverage and investigations leading to 18 Pulitzer Prizes, has been named the...
Two brothers, two congregations, one service
PEABODY – When Rabbi Eli Perlman’s congregation in New Jersey fell on hard times, his brother Rabbi Richard “Rick” Perlman...
Toch’chah, t’shuvah and trust
T’shuvah, repentance/return/restitution, is our focus during Elul and our High Holy Day observances. Toch’chah, sincere and productive rebuke, is its...
Jewish woman to be knighted for helping Sephardic Jews gain Spanish citizenship
(JTA) — Doreen Alhadeff was the first American Jew granted Spanish citizenship under Spain’s 2015 law to repatriate Sephardic Jews...
Breaking news: Local journalism returns to Marblehead
MARBLEHEAD – In the spring when local reporters’ bylines disappeared from the pages of the Marblehead Reporter and the newspaper’s...
Was Golda Meir a feminist? Biography offers new insights
Golda Meir was no longer Israeli prime minister when she gave a speech at the Knesset in 1977. Yet Egyptian...
‘Listen to each other: ‘After all, we share one God and one Torah’
Since Ahavat Olam means an Eternal Love, or an Unconditional Love, in my first column as rabbi of Congregation Ahavat...
Qatari delegate to UN in Geneva deletes Twitter account after watchdog exposes antisemitic, homophobic tweets
(JTA) — The Qatari envoy to United Nations agencies based in Geneva deleted her Twitter account after a watchdog exposed...
14th Annual ALS & MS Walk for Living returns in person
CHELSEA – For the first time since 2019, the ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and MS (multiple sclerosis) Walk for Living...
Reimagined ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ is more illuminating than ever
CAMBRIDGE – Thirty years ago, four white police officers were acquitted for the beating of black motorist Rodney King. One...
Praying for a good year
At this season of the Days of Awe, we pray for a good year. What chutzpah! What audacity. Prayers are...
Kandinsky painting returned to Jewish family as Netherlands shifts approach to looted art
(JTA) — A Dutch committee charged with assessing and acting on claims about artwork stolen from Jews before and during...
Inclusive Jewish Sunday School in Newton shuttered after 76 years
NEWTON – Unable to outlast the pandemic and struggling to keep up enrollment, the Sunday School for Jewish Studies closed...
The humble tzedakah box hits the streets
BOSTON – Should you happen to find yourself in the Fenway neighborhood this fall – perhaps watching the Red Sox...
These High Holy Days, are you ‘moving out’ or ‘moving in?’
This summer, I have been going back and forth to Philadelphia to help my parents with their big move to...
‘Oh, to be in Awe again!’: US rabbis share their High Holiday messages
(JTA) — As Jews across the United States and the world gather for the High Holidays beginning at sundown this...
In Chelsea, the Walnut Street Shul still beckons
CHELSEA – Sheldon Young will turn 93 on Yom Kippur. He is the oldest member of Congregation Agudas Sholom, and...
Gorbachev’s lasting legacy: He loosened the grip of Soviet antisemitism
When Vladimir Foygelman was growing up in Soviet-ruled Kyiv, he recalled an atmosphere of limited opportunities for Jews like himself...
The New Year brings a delightful selection of children’s books
Leave it to Eric A. Kimmel, author of the classic “Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins,” whose scores of award-winning Jewish...
Tears of clarity on Yom Kippur
All was well on the second floor of the synagogue in my early childhood. My father, praying in the men’s...
Over 100 attend Saugus rally to protest antisemitic and racist incidents
SAUGUS – Just days after a white supremacist group hung antisemitic and racist banners at highway overpasses in Saugus and...
A New Year is a time to wrestle hatred to the ground
Can it be a coincidence that as Rosh Hashanah approaches, President Joe Biden convened a Washington summit to examine the...
NEWS
Jewish students, leaders bring High Holidays services back to campus
The pandemic has hit college students hard over the last couple of years, impeding learning, disrupting athletics, and isolating them...
Swastikas discovered in Marblehead; masked men hang “Jews did 9/11” sign on highway overpasses
MARBLEHEAD – Public Jew-hatred was on display last weekend in northeastern Massachusetts, from Marblehead’s pastoral Hamond Nature Center – where...
Kreevoy joins Epstein Hillel School
MARBLEHEAD – Epstein Hillel School has hired Lori Kreevoy as the director of Development & Community Engagement. In this role,...
Woolf to step down as president of Hebrew SeniorLife in 2023
BOSTON – Louis J. Woolf, president and CEO of Harvard Medical School-affiliate Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL), an integrated system of health...
Brandeis names Pulitzer Prize-winning editor Martin Baron 2023 Richman Fellow
Martin Baron, a renowned journalist who has overseen coverage and investigations leading to 18 Pulitzer Prizes, has been named the...
Breaking news: Local journalism returns to Marblehead
MARBLEHEAD – In the spring when local reporters’ bylines disappeared from the pages of the Marblehead Reporter and the newspaper’s...
14th Annual ALS & MS Walk for Living returns in person
CHELSEA – For the first time since 2019, the ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and MS (multiple sclerosis) Walk for Living...
Inclusive Jewish Sunday School in Newton shuttered after 76 years
NEWTON – Unable to outlast the pandemic and struggling to keep up enrollment, the Sunday School for Jewish Studies closed...
The Miriam Fund, in partnership with CJP, awards $400,000 in grants
BOSTON – The Miriam Fund and Combined Jewish Philanthropies celebrated Women’s Equality Day on Aug. 26 by announcing over $400,000...
CULTURE
The New Year brings a delightful selection of children’s books
Leave it to Eric A. Kimmel, author of the classic “Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins,” whose scores of award-winning Jewish...
Rivka’s recipes
I am reasonably sure that I was the only kid who ever brought peanut butter and jelly on matzoh sandwiches...
‘Clearly, nobody wanted these people’
There are many moments in “The U.S. and the Holocaust” – the new six-hour, three-part documentary by Ken Burns and...
‘Shanda’ lays bare an author’s struggle to understand the roots of her family’s deceptions
STOCKBRIDGE – Letty learned the family secret on a blustery spring day at a family bar mitzvah celebration in Winthrop....
Two brothers, two congregations, one service
PEABODY – When Rabbi Eli Perlman’s congregation in New Jersey fell on hard times, his brother Rabbi Richard “Rick” Perlman...
Was Golda Meir a feminist? Biography offers new insights
Golda Meir was no longer Israeli prime minister when she gave a speech at the Knesset in 1977. Yet Egyptian...
Reimagined ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ is more illuminating than ever
CAMBRIDGE – Thirty years ago, four white police officers were acquitted for the beating of black motorist Rodney King. One...
The humble tzedakah box hits the streets
BOSTON – Should you happen to find yourself in the Fenway neighborhood this fall – perhaps watching the Red Sox...
OPINION
Tears of clarity on Yom Kippur
All was well on the second floor of the synagogue in my early childhood. My father, praying in the men’s...
A New Year is a time to wrestle hatred to the ground
Can it be a coincidence that as Rosh Hashanah approaches, President Joe Biden convened a Washington summit to examine the...
Editorial: The Days of Awe are upon us
Rosh Hashanah begins this Sunday night, and Yom Kippur starts the evening of Oct. 4. You don’t have be an...
‘We need to up the joy that is inherent in being Jewish’
A few months ago, some members of our community’s leadership and staff went on a mini-retreat to begin to plan...
Toch’chah, t’shuvah and trust
T’shuvah, repentance/return/restitution, is our focus during Elul and our High Holy Day observances. Toch’chah, sincere and productive rebuke, is its...
‘Listen to each other: ‘After all, we share one God and one Torah’
Since Ahavat Olam means an Eternal Love, or an Unconditional Love, in my first column as rabbi of Congregation Ahavat...
Praying for a good year
At this season of the Days of Awe, we pray for a good year. What chutzpah! What audacity. Prayers are...
These High Holy Days, are you ‘moving out’ or ‘moving in?’
This summer, I have been going back and forth to Philadelphia to help my parents with their big move to...
‘Let us affirm the good we have done’
As one of the signature prayers of the High Holy Day season, we come before God declaring: “Avinu Malenu, “Our...
U.S. / WORLD
Orthodox Jewish groups are joining an evangelical Christian mailman’s Supreme Court case
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A number of Orthodox Jewish groups are filing friend of the court briefs on behalf of an...
Yom Kippur student absences could cost Michigan schools state funding
(JTA) – The holiest day of the Jewish calendar couldn’t come at a worse time for Michigan public schools this...
As Putin’s war sputters, antisemitism seeps into the Russian media landscape
(JTA) — Soon after he rose to power 22 years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin cracked down on the open...
How an accidental activist became the ‘foreign minister of the Jewish people’
(JTA) — As a newly arrived American exchange teacher at a Moscow public school in 1974, David Harris was discreetly...
Jewish woman to be knighted for helping Sephardic Jews gain Spanish citizenship
(JTA) — Doreen Alhadeff was the first American Jew granted Spanish citizenship under Spain’s 2015 law to repatriate Sephardic Jews...
Qatari delegate to UN in Geneva deletes Twitter account after watchdog exposes antisemitic, homophobic tweets
(JTA) — The Qatari envoy to United Nations agencies based in Geneva deleted her Twitter account after a watchdog exposed...
Israel kills 4, wounds at least 44 in military raid in Jenin, prompting Fatah call for ‘day of rage’
(JTA) — Israeli troops killed four Palestinians and wounded at least 44 Wednesday in Jenin, the West Bank town that...
Kandinsky painting returned to Jewish family as Netherlands shifts approach to looted art
(JTA) — A Dutch committee charged with assessing and acting on claims about artwork stolen from Jews before and during...
‘Oh, to be in Awe again!’: US rabbis share their High Holiday messages
(JTA) — As Jews across the United States and the world gather for the High Holidays beginning at sundown this...