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GENERATION ‘Z’
Hebrew name: Eliezer Job: Deputy regional field director for the Northeast, Israel on Campus Coalition Hometown: Marblehead Currently living in: Swampscott Alma maters: St. John’s Prep ‘16, UMass Amherst ‘21...
Camps, campers ready for ‘best summer yet’
MARBLEHEAD — Heather Gravelese, the co-director of the summer camps at the JCC of the North Shore, is ready for day one, on June 27. “I think the camp is...
January 6, 2021: Awakening to a nightmare
The January 6th hearings on Capitol Hill mark the end of American innocence – and a jarring juncture for American Jews. Of course, the end of American innocence has been...
‘Gloria’: A winding rat race in two very different acts
There is not a shred of tikkun olam (repair the world) in Gloucester Stage Company’s production of “Gloria.” The two-hour play instead takes us on a ride on the rollercoaster...
NEWS
Oh what a night … Nearly 200 attend Jewish Journal’s Menschions & Martinis
The community gathered last week to honor the area’s rabbis at the Jewish Journal’s Menschions & Martinis event at Congregation...
CULTURE
‘A Beautiful Noise’ comes to Emerson Colonial Theatre
Make no mistake: “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Story” – in its pre-Broadway tryout at the Emerson Colonial Theatre...
OPINION
January 6, 2021: Awakening to a nightmare
The January 6th hearings on Capitol Hill mark the end of American innocence – and a jarring juncture for American...
U.S. / WORLD
‘After Shabbat, we will act’: American Jews gear up for wave of post-Roe activism
WASHINGTON (JTA) — An array of Jewish groups across the country are kickstarting into action to protest and potentially challenge...
Virtual Services connect and expand the Shirat Hayam community
SWAMPSCOTT — Since 2020, Covid has significantly affected Jewish religious practice nationwide, and Shirat Hayam is no exception. Almost overnight,...
‘Gloria’: A winding rat race in two very different acts
There is not a shred of tikkun olam (repair the world) in Gloucester Stage Company’s production of “Gloria.” The two-hour...
A clarifying moment regarding BDS in Boston
Last week, activists affiliated with the group “BDS Boston” released a so-called “Mapping Project” – an offensive and inflammatory list...
Landmark survey of Jewish LA reveals an increasingly diverse and engaged community
(JTA) – When the results of the new population survey of Jewish Los Angeles came in, Rabbi Noah Farkas was...
Hazlett, Rotman, Colahan honored at JCC’s annual meeting
On Sunday, June 12, the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore (JCCNS) celebrated its 110th Annual Meeting. JCCNS leadership,...
The hills are alive with the sounds of Tanglewood, Yidstock
Music fans, take note. From the sprawling lawns of Tanglewood, nestled in the rolling hills of the Berkshires, to Yidstock:...
Editorial: Jew-hatred and the Mapping Project
In these days of increasingly brazen antisemitism, it comes as no surprise that a website would materialize targeting Greater Boston’s...
$1.2 billion Surfside settlement for families and unit owners approved day before one-year anniversary
SARASOTA, Fla. (JTA) – A judge in Florida approved a $1.2 billion settlement just hours before the one-year anniversary of...
From Kyiv to Swampscott
SWAMPSCOTT — What do you bring with you if you’re a 7-year-old boy who has to flee your home in...
How ‘the heroism of everyday people’ infuses a searing family memoir
For Arlington resident Yelena Lembersky, writing a memoir with her mother Galina Lembersky about their life as Jews in the...
Fifty-five years later, the peril and the promise triggered by the Six-Day War remain unsettled
We are now in the midst of the 55th anniversary of the Six-Day War, which prompts unusually deep reflection. It...
A 5th Israeli election in 3 years? Here’s how we got here and what happens next.
(JTA) — It has become a common refrain: Israel is heading towards another national election. A whopping five times since...
Peabody targeted by antisemitic group
PEABODY — On Saturday morning, residents of seven streets in West Peabody woke up to discover brazenly antisemitic pamphlets on...
A revolutionary revival of ‘1776’ fires up Harvard Square
Many years before the 1619 Project – the New York Times’ chronicle of when the first African slaves arrived on...
Boston city council member walks back tweet about ‘letting the Zionists shake you down’
(JTA) – A Democratic member of Boston’s city council said she “should’ve known better” after tweeting an attack on “Zionists”...
After two-year lapse, teens will head to Israel for Y2I Adventure
BEVERLY — Over the last two years, the pandemic has clipped the wings of many a traveler, including rising sophomores...
On The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper,’ a minyan of notable Jews
This story was originally published by the Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from the Forward delivered to...
Letter: Teen Antisemitism Task Force evolves
As leaders of the Lappin Foundation’s Teen Antisemitism Task Force, we answered the call more than a year ago to...
Zelensky singles out Israel for refusing to join international sanctions against Russia
(JTA) — In a live streamed address to students, faculty and staff at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Peabody’s Tifereth Israel to mark its 100th anniversary
PEABODY — On Sunday, about 80 members of Peabody’s Congregation Tifereth Israel will mark their synagogue’s 100th anniversary with a...
Western Massachusetts women visit Israel; connect with their roots
TEL AVIV — Twelve Jewish mothers from Western Massachusetts were among 350 women in Israel last week on an eight-day...
Israel now faces an especially challenging environment
The most important and most dangerous challenge Israel currently faces is Iran’s military nuclear program, which has dramatically picked up...
The Vatican will release WWII-era ‘Jewish files’ online, including unanswered pleas to the pope
(JTA) — Pope Francis has ordered 170 volumes of Jewish requests for help from the Catholic Church during World War...
Doctors urge calm but vigilant approach to monkeypox
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, a new infectious disease outbreak – monkeypox – is causing concern in...
How a boy who fled Nazi Germany became the father of video games
Minecraft, Super Mario Bros., Guitar Hero, and Grand Theft Auto. Today, these and other best-selling video games are the source...
Editorial: The time for a task force on antisemitism is now
In an editorial published in 2018, the Journal called for the creation of a task force on antisemitism. In 2019,...
Deborah Lipstadt’s first tour as antisemitism monitor will be to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Deborah Lipstadt’s first overseas tour as the State Department’s antisemitism monitor will start in Saudi Arabia, a...
The ‘Mapping Project’: How worried should Jews be?
In the late afternoon of Friday, June 4, Jeremy Burton – executive director of Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater...
GENERATION ‘Z’
Hebrew name: Eliezer Job: Deputy regional field director for the Northeast, Israel on Campus Coalition Hometown: Marblehead Currently living in:...
Camps, campers ready for ‘best summer yet’
MARBLEHEAD — Heather Gravelese, the co-director of the summer camps at the JCC of the North Shore, is ready for...
January 6, 2021: Awakening to a nightmare
The January 6th hearings on Capitol Hill mark the end of American innocence – and a jarring juncture for American...
‘Gloria’: A winding rat race in two very different acts
There is not a shred of tikkun olam (repair the world) in Gloucester Stage Company’s production of “Gloria.” The two-hour...
Fifty-five years later, the peril and the promise triggered by the Six-Day War remain unsettled
We are now in the midst of the 55th anniversary of the Six-Day War, which prompts unusually deep reflection. It...
NEWS
Oh what a night … Nearly 200 attend Jewish Journal’s Menschions & Martinis
The community gathered last week to honor the area’s rabbis at the Jewish Journal’s Menschions & Martinis event at Congregation...
Virtual Services connect and expand the Shirat Hayam community
SWAMPSCOTT — Since 2020, Covid has significantly affected Jewish religious practice nationwide, and Shirat Hayam is no exception. Almost overnight,...
Hazlett, Rotman, Colahan honored at JCC’s annual meeting
On Sunday, June 12, the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore (JCCNS) celebrated its 110th Annual Meeting. JCCNS leadership,...
From Kyiv to Swampscott
SWAMPSCOTT — What do you bring with you if you’re a 7-year-old boy who has to flee your home in...
Peabody targeted by antisemitic group
PEABODY — On Saturday morning, residents of seven streets in West Peabody woke up to discover brazenly antisemitic pamphlets on...
After two-year lapse, teens will head to Israel for Y2I Adventure
BEVERLY — Over the last two years, the pandemic has clipped the wings of many a traveler, including rising sophomores...
Peabody’s Tifereth Israel to mark its 100th anniversary
PEABODY — On Sunday, about 80 members of Peabody’s Congregation Tifereth Israel will mark their synagogue’s 100th anniversary with a...
Doctors urge calm but vigilant approach to monkeypox
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, a new infectious disease outbreak – monkeypox – is causing concern in...
‘Smahtguy’ Barney Frank’s story told in pictures and words
Former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank is associated with many causes and accomplishments over the 32 years he spent on Capitol...
CULTURE
‘A Beautiful Noise’ comes to Emerson Colonial Theatre
Make no mistake: “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Story” – in its pre-Broadway tryout at the Emerson Colonial Theatre...
‘Gloria’: A winding rat race in two very different acts
There is not a shred of tikkun olam (repair the world) in Gloucester Stage Company’s production of “Gloria.” The two-hour...
The hills are alive with the sounds of Tanglewood, Yidstock
Music fans, take note. From the sprawling lawns of Tanglewood, nestled in the rolling hills of the Berkshires, to Yidstock:...
How ‘the heroism of everyday people’ infuses a searing family memoir
For Arlington resident Yelena Lembersky, writing a memoir with her mother Galina Lembersky about their life as Jews in the...
A revolutionary revival of ‘1776’ fires up Harvard Square
Many years before the 1619 Project – the New York Times’ chronicle of when the first African slaves arrived on...
On The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper,’ a minyan of notable Jews
This story was originally published by the Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from the Forward delivered to...
Western Massachusetts women visit Israel; connect with their roots
TEL AVIV — Twelve Jewish mothers from Western Massachusetts were among 350 women in Israel last week on an eight-day...
How a boy who fled Nazi Germany became the father of video games
Minecraft, Super Mario Bros., Guitar Hero, and Grand Theft Auto. Today, these and other best-selling video games are the source...
OPINION
January 6, 2021: Awakening to a nightmare
The January 6th hearings on Capitol Hill mark the end of American innocence – and a jarring juncture for American...
A clarifying moment regarding BDS in Boston
Last week, activists affiliated with the group “BDS Boston” released a so-called “Mapping Project” – an offensive and inflammatory list...
Editorial: Jew-hatred and the Mapping Project
In these days of increasingly brazen antisemitism, it comes as no surprise that a website would materialize targeting Greater Boston’s...
Fifty-five years later, the peril and the promise triggered by the Six-Day War remain unsettled
We are now in the midst of the 55th anniversary of the Six-Day War, which prompts unusually deep reflection. It...
Letter: Teen Antisemitism Task Force evolves
As leaders of the Lappin Foundation’s Teen Antisemitism Task Force, we answered the call more than a year ago to...
Israel now faces an especially challenging environment
The most important and most dangerous challenge Israel currently faces is Iran’s military nuclear program, which has dramatically picked up...
Editorial: The time for a task force on antisemitism is now
In an editorial published in 2018, the Journal called for the creation of a task force on antisemitism. In 2019,...
The angel of death at Mount Meron
I felt like the angel of death last year at Mount Meron when the annual Lag B’Omer festival turned into...
U.S. / WORLD
‘After Shabbat, we will act’: American Jews gear up for wave of post-Roe activism
WASHINGTON (JTA) — An array of Jewish groups across the country are kickstarting into action to protest and potentially challenge...
Landmark survey of Jewish LA reveals an increasingly diverse and engaged community
(JTA) – When the results of the new population survey of Jewish Los Angeles came in, Rabbi Noah Farkas was...
$1.2 billion Surfside settlement for families and unit owners approved day before one-year anniversary
SARASOTA, Fla. (JTA) – A judge in Florida approved a $1.2 billion settlement just hours before the one-year anniversary of...
A 5th Israeli election in 3 years? Here’s how we got here and what happens next.
(JTA) — It has become a common refrain: Israel is heading towards another national election. A whopping five times since...
Boston city council member walks back tweet about ‘letting the Zionists shake you down’
(JTA) – A Democratic member of Boston’s city council said she “should’ve known better” after tweeting an attack on “Zionists”...
Zelensky singles out Israel for refusing to join international sanctions against Russia
(JTA) — In a live streamed address to students, faculty and staff at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
24 Democratic senators urge Biden to involve US in investigation of Palestinian journalist’s death
(JTA) — Just under half of all Democratic senators are seeking the “direct involvement” of the United States in the...
The Vatican will release WWII-era ‘Jewish files’ online, including unanswered pleas to the pope
(JTA) — Pope Francis has ordered 170 volumes of Jewish requests for help from the Catholic Church during World War...
Deborah Lipstadt’s first tour as antisemitism monitor will be to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Deborah Lipstadt’s first overseas tour as the State Department’s antisemitism monitor will start in Saudi Arabia, a...