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Put the two of them together and they could probably run a small country. In some ways, they already do. Longtime friends Helaine Hazlett of Marblehead and Phyllis Sagan of Swampscott have chaired countless local...

After a mysterious dream, Mimi Lemay woke up and decided to pick up a tattered pocket Torah from her time at a seminary in Britain. Looking for some kind of guidance from a God she...

Each weekday morning for the past 15 years, Chet Baker sat down at his desk at the Jewish Journal and went about balancing the finances of the publication like a maestro in a symphony. His...

As winter chills New England, WBZ Boston radio sports reporter Jonny Miller’s thoughts turn to spring training in Florida. Having covered the Red Sox since 1972, Miller remembers the legendary Ted Williams visiting his old...

BROOKLINE – Around this time of year, Greater Boston has no shortage of public celebrations of Hanukkah, Christmas, or New Year’s, with menorahs and Christmas trees illuminating every other town square. But there’s hardly any...

NEWTON – When Matthew Shifrin was five, his babysitter, Lilya Finkel, was driving him down the street and happened to see a discarded box filled to the brim with Legos on the side of the...

This year, Christmas will fall during Hanukkah, which will mean a busy day for the Martino family of Melrose. “We’ll definitely light the menorah for Santa, and we’ll cook latkes, so it’s a lot to...

MARBLEHEAD – Hanukkah is the festival of lights, and Ellen and Larry Lodgen’s Marblehead home is a festival of menorahs. Actually, the entire Lodgen Lodging – with its Coca-Cola kitchen and guestroom filled to the...