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PEABODY – There’s a well-known Hebrew refrain that comes to mind when telling the story of Joshua Dionne: dayenu – “it would’ve been enough.” If Dionne, who was raised Catholic, had of his own volition...

Arthur Barry of Swampscott can remember when there were kosher businesses all over the North Shore. “Years ago, there was a lot more kosher stuff to pick from. You could always buy kosher foods, pre-processed...

It’s a Saturday night in the middle of the summer, and I probably should be outside. Instead, I sit at my computer in a self-absorbed stupor, chasing genius. I have been notified that the estate...

MARBLEHEAD – There’s something about Marilyn. Whenever the film crews come to Marblehead, Marilyn Dreben is somehow involved. In 1958, Dreben, now 84, was a stand-in for Jean Simmons in the thriller “Home Before Dark.”...

MARBLEHEAD – When Salima Slimane first attended an open house for the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore summer camps wearing a headscarf, she was a little apprehensive about how she might be received....

SWAMPSCOTT – “Whenever I go anywhere around the country, that’s what rejuvenates me and makes me feel we are an organization setting a precedent for the future,” said Hadassah CEO Janice Weinman about why she’s...

HEBREW NAME: Binyamin Mikhael HOMETOWN: Salem CURRENTLY LIVING IN: Somerville ALMA MATERS: Gann Academy ’07, Binghamton University ’12, will begin studying for rabbinical ordination at Hebrew College in fall 2019 FAVORITE FOOD: Jewish soul food...

  GLOUCESTER – It will not make the Guinness Book of World Records, but the group of 12 women who celebrated their bat mitzvahs together on the third of August were a first for Gloucester’s...