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How Zucker brings fresh challah from Montreal to Peabody
PEABODY – In August 1996, Moishe Zucker began schlepping challah in a 20-foot trailer across the Canadian border to Massachusetts...
ADL forum urges: If you see antisemitism by public officials, do something
BOSTON – During the third installment of “The Good Fight” – an online forum designed to provide tools to combat...
North Shore Jews will once again gather to celebrate Hanukkah
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead would hold an indoor Hanukkah celebration with all the menorahs lined up...
Chabad Lubavitch expands to Cape Ann in time to light the menorah
GLOUCESTER – Rabbi Avremi Raichik and his wife, Rivky, are settling into their new home in Gloucester with their three...
Brickyard Stories 2.0 — A Lynn MA neighborhood before and after urban renewal
Lynners claim the fluffernutter as the city’s own creation. But the marshmallow and peanut butter sandwich doesn’t hold a candle...
Editorial: Diversity is the foundation of America
Should we be concerned when a former military man who briefly served as the country’s national security adviser tells a...
NEWS
Chabad of Peabody gets creative in teaching students to love Judaism, Israel
PEABODY – The goal of Chabad of Peabody’s Hebrew School of the Arts in West Peabody is to engage children...
CULTURE
Nefesh Mountain’s Jewish bluegrass coming to Rockport, Cambridge
As the home of Berklee College of Music, the Boston and New England Conservatories, and such legendary venues as Scullers,...
OPINION
Editorial: Diversity is the foundation of America
Should we be concerned when a former military man who briefly served as the country’s national security adviser tells a...
U.S. / WORLD
Hanukkah’s early start this year put a Siberian tradition on thin ice
(JTA) — The ice menorah of Tomsk has become something of a Hanukkah tradition in that Russian city in Siberia,...
Suspect in rabbi attack ordered held until trial
BOSTON – A judge has ordered 24-year-old Khaled A. Awad held without bail pending his trial in the bloody July...
Eight lamps paired with eight women guests to dazzle at annual JArts Hanukkah show
BOSTON – Since 2015, the Jewish Arts Collaborative has brought the Greater Boston community together to celebrate Hanukkah at the...
Palestinian Authority sobers up on expectations from the Biden administration
A year from President Joe Biden’s election victory, the Palestinian Authority is showing signs of adopting more sober, realistic expectations...
The new owner of a San Diego Jewish news site has no qualms about blurring journalism and PR
(JTA) — Jacob Kamaras got the San Diego Jewish World for an absolute steal — $1, to be exact. The...
Auchincloss advocates for veterans in Congress
NEWTON – Instead of going on to earn a master’s degree in business after graduating from Harvard, Jake Auchincloss enlisted...
Reality meets theater in Lyric Stage’s ‘The Last Five Years’
Dating. Marriage. Intermarriage. These are some of the realities of modern life and many stories have been told about them....
Izzy Arbeiter left us with a duty: Never give up the fight against hate
Our community has lost a giant. Izzy Arbeiter z”l, who died Oct. 29 at the age of 96, was the...
Mel Brooks, newly minted memoirist, praises Cel-Ray soda and insists he’s more ‘New York humor’ than ‘Jewish’
(JTA) — At 95, Mel Brooks is finally ready to speak his truth: A deli without Cel-Ray is no deli...
‘I served my country for good reasons’
PEABODY – “I was a soldier and no matter what they told me, I did,” said centenarian Leon “Leo” Ditchek...
Fond Thanksgiving memories that never fade
Thanksgiving is on its way, a day that means different things to different people. One of my favorite things to...
Beckoning the young generation into the Jewish community
Here comes a new generation of worshipers. Here comes trouble. And maybe here comes opportunity. As if it weren’t apparent...
Éric Zemmour, far-right French-Jewish commentator, announces official presidential bid
(JTA) — Éric Zemmour, a French-Jewish writer and former television commentator who captured the attention of a large swath of...
Boston doctor and advisory committee endorse COVID-19 vaccine for children
BOSTON – When an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention debated whether to recommend a COVID-19...
Rocket Mensch
Whether it is carrying astronauts or famous Jewish actors, when a rocket launches into space (or almost), many people pray...
Why is Iran returning to the negotiating table?
After several months of uncertainty and delay, Iran has announced its return in November to talks in Vienna regarding a...
Danvers schools deal with antisemitism, racism and homophobia
DANVERS – Amid allegations of racist and homophobic locker room hazing by members of the Danvers High School boys hockey...
How Zucker brings fresh challah from Montreal to Peabody
PEABODY – In August 1996, Moishe Zucker began schlepping challah in a 20-foot trailer across the Canadian border to Massachusetts...
ADL forum urges: If you see antisemitism by public officials, do something
BOSTON – During the third installment of “The Good Fight” – an online forum designed to provide tools to combat...
North Shore Jews will once again gather to celebrate Hanukkah
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead would hold an indoor Hanukkah celebration with all the menorahs lined up...
Chabad Lubavitch expands to Cape Ann in time to light the menorah
GLOUCESTER – Rabbi Avremi Raichik and his wife, Rivky, are settling into their new home in Gloucester with their three...
Brickyard Stories 2.0 — A Lynn MA neighborhood before and after urban renewal
Lynners claim the fluffernutter as the city’s own creation. But the marshmallow and peanut butter sandwich doesn’t hold a candle...
NEWS
Chabad of Peabody gets creative in teaching students to love Judaism, Israel
PEABODY – The goal of Chabad of Peabody’s Hebrew School of the Arts in West Peabody is to engage children...
Suspect in rabbi attack ordered held until trial
BOSTON – A judge has ordered 24-year-old Khaled A. Awad held without bail pending his trial in the bloody July...
Auchincloss advocates for veterans in Congress
NEWTON – Instead of going on to earn a master’s degree in business after graduating from Harvard, Jake Auchincloss enlisted...
‘I served my country for good reasons’
PEABODY – “I was a soldier and no matter what they told me, I did,” said centenarian Leon “Leo” Ditchek...
CULTURE
Nefesh Mountain’s Jewish bluegrass coming to Rockport, Cambridge
As the home of Berklee College of Music, the Boston and New England Conservatories, and such legendary venues as Scullers,...
Eight lamps paired with eight women guests to dazzle at annual JArts Hanukkah show
BOSTON – Since 2015, the Jewish Arts Collaborative has brought the Greater Boston community together to celebrate Hanukkah at the...
Reality meets theater in Lyric Stage’s ‘The Last Five Years’
Dating. Marriage. Intermarriage. These are some of the realities of modern life and many stories have been told about them....
Fond Thanksgiving memories that never fade
Thanksgiving is on its way, a day that means different things to different people. One of my favorite things to...
OPINION
Editorial: Diversity is the foundation of America
Should we be concerned when a former military man who briefly served as the country’s national security adviser tells a...
Palestinian Authority sobers up on expectations from the Biden administration
A year from President Joe Biden’s election victory, the Palestinian Authority is showing signs of adopting more sober, realistic expectations...
Beckoning the young generation into the Jewish community
Here comes a new generation of worshipers. Here comes trouble. And maybe here comes opportunity. As if it weren’t apparent...
Izzy Arbeiter left us with a duty: Never give up the fight against hate
Our community has lost a giant. Izzy Arbeiter z”l, who died Oct. 29 at the age of 96, was the...
U.S. / WORLD
Hanukkah’s early start this year put a Siberian tradition on thin ice
(JTA) — The ice menorah of Tomsk has become something of a Hanukkah tradition in that Russian city in Siberia,...
The new owner of a San Diego Jewish news site has no qualms about blurring journalism and PR
(JTA) — Jacob Kamaras got the San Diego Jewish World for an absolute steal — $1, to be exact. The...
Mel Brooks, newly minted memoirist, praises Cel-Ray soda and insists he’s more ‘New York humor’ than ‘Jewish’
(JTA) — At 95, Mel Brooks is finally ready to speak his truth: A deli without Cel-Ray is no deli...
Éric Zemmour, far-right French-Jewish commentator, announces official presidential bid
(JTA) — Éric Zemmour, a French-Jewish writer and former television commentator who captured the attention of a large swath of...