Shakeup at temples leaves rabbi and cantor out
SWAMPSCOTT – Two high-profile North Shore spiritual leaders, Temple Sinai’s Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez in Marblehead and Congregation Shirat Hayam’s Cantor...
Jewish veterans teach teens lessons in how to keep the faith
PEABODY – When Army Pfc. Daniel Steckler was captured during the Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg on Dec. 16,...
When COVID shutdown left Brookline man stuck in israel, he made aliyah
When Brookline resident Joseph Greenberg went to visit his daughter and her family in Israel last January, he had no...
A day of eloquence and intimacy, despite pandemic
SWAMPSCOTT – Those who attended Liora Ragozin’s bat mitzvah on Sept. 5 at Congregation Shirat Hayam, both in person and...
Parents get crash course as school starts amid pandemic
On a recent chilly morning, Jamie Greenstein dropped off her 3-year-old son, Aharon, at the integrated preschool at the Swampscott...
Generation Z: Vanessa Freedman, 21
Hebrew name: Nisan Hometown: Marblehead Alma mater: Marblehead High School, ’17 Current school: University of Michigan ’21 Major: Neuroscience Minor:...
A moveable sukkah: Rabbi creates door-to-door Mitzvah Mobile
SWAMPSCOTT — What if you were standing in the middle of the desert and wanted to build a hut for...
Justice for all: Ginsburg set an example for all to follow
As Americans mourned the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – the most influential female judge in U.S....
Jewish teachers learn lessons about perseverance during pandemic
With schools across the region reopening for the fall, some remotely, some with a mix of in-person and virtual instruction,...
Benches smashed at Peabody cemetery among recent reports of anti-Semitism
PEABODY – In the days leading up to the High Holidays, the caretaker for a cemetery belonging to Temple Tiferet...
