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Start the new year with Jewish genetic testing
“Shana Tova.” “Have a meaningful fast.” “May you be inscribed in the Book of Life.” You’ve been greeted with these phrases quite often over the last few weeks. As we begin the Jewish New Year,...
Read moreWhere once there was darkness, a light shines at JCC Krakow
On our recent Eastern Europe trip, Jewish Community Center of the North Shore travelers had fairly low expectations about current Jewish life in Poland. After leaving Warsaw, the group spent a heart-wrenching, somber afternoon at...
Read moreNorth Shore Medical Center opens Epstein Center for Behavioral Health
SALEM – “I just think it’s so important to make a difference – people don’t know how good they’ll feel until they give back,” said Arthur Epstein, a businessman, philanthropist, and former Marblehead resident about...
Read moreSomerville 17-year-old is all in on fighting climate change
SOMERVILLE – Amalia Hochman has been striking for most of her young life. In fourth grade, she left school for a few months because she found it oppressive and antiquated, a feeling that for the...
Read moreHonorable Menschion: Miriam Weinstein
Miriam Weinstein is a writer and filmmaker who lives on Cape Ann. A native of New York, she attended Brandeis University and moved to the North Shore, where she became deeply involved in the Jewish...
Read moreReconstructing Judaism in Wakefield and Andover
Last year, Reconstructionist Judaism reconstructed its own name. It will now be known as Reconstructing Judaism, and its adherents – if such a phrase is applicable to a movement wishing to disassociate itself from formalities...
Read moreJewish Book Month Speaker Series ranges from the serious to the sublime
MARBLEHEAD — Ben Mezrich is the New York Times bestselling author of “The Accidental Billionaires,” the authoritative account of Facebook’s founding and the basis of the 2010 Academy Award-winning film, “The Social Network.” His latest...
Read moreThe Millennials: Rachel Thomaszvic
Age: 29 Hebrew name: Rachel Hometown: Peabody Currently living in: Salem Alma maters: Peabody Veterans Memorial High School ’08, UMass Amherst ’12, Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development ’16 Job: Guidance counselor,...
Read moreNorth Shore Jews congregate in the sukkah
Can a person be momentarily transformed by a combination of bamboo, aluminum, and a big tarp? Yevgeniya Mikityansky said when people come into her sukkah, they change. “I truly believe there is something magical in...
Read moreEdelman is the Patriots’ David standing among NFL Goliaths
Julian Edelman is the only Jewish player ever to be named Most Valuable Player of the Super Bowl, earning the honor last February when the Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams, 13-3. He spoke to...
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