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The Millennials: Jamie Ehrlich
NAME: Jamie Ehrlich, 23 HEBREW NAME: Leah Devorah HOMETOWN: Marblehead CURRENTLY LIVING IN: Washington, D.C. ALMA MATERS: Marblehead High School ’14, University of Chicago ‘18 JOB: Associate producer, CNN FAVORITE FOOD: I would be totally fine if both peanut butter and...
Read moreThe legend of Marblehead’s David Stern lives on through scholarships
MARBLEHEAD – If you want to watch Marblehead residents of all ages at play, you have to walk down a path called Sterny’s Way. The path leading to Gatchell Playground is named for David...
Read moreArson, swastikas, hate speech jolt Greater Boston Jewry
In the wake of a deadly attack on a California synagogue, and an Anti-Defamation League study that reported near-historic levels of anti-Semitism in 2018, anti-Jewish incidents showed no sign of slowing down this month....
Read morePeabody’s Temple Tiferet Shalom looks to the future
PEABODY – Who knew? The only Reform synagogue between Marblehead and Andover is also the only congregation in the world called Tiferet Shalom. These are just two of many unique aspects of Peabody’s Tiferet...
Read moreRuderman Synagogue Inclusion Project expands
Eleven synagogues in Greater Boston were selected to become Congregational Partners of the Ruderman Synagogue Inclusion Project (RSIP), a collaboration between Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), and the Ruderman Family Foundation. Together, they are working to...
Read moreA bat mitzvah that hits all the right notes
It turns out when your grandma is a celebrated event planner, the sky’s the limit. “It’s amazing, because she could get anything I wanted, and she’s super creative,” said Laci Robbins of Lynnfield, who worked...
Read moreA rabbi’s rabbi: North Shore remembers Jonas Goldberg
MARBLEHEAD – Over his 50 years of service, Jonas Goldberg came to be known as a “rabbi’s rabbi.” From Jerusalem to Georgia to Detroit to the North Shore, Rabbi Goldberg developed a reputation as a...
Read moreDeborah Lipstadt warns Brandeis graduates about anti-Semitism
The last time Deborah E. Lipstadt donned a cap and gown at Brandeis University was in 1976, when she earned her doctorate in history from the department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. It was...
Read moreThe Millennials: Allie Levine, 25
HEBREW NAME: Ariella Batya HOMETOWN: Peabody CURRENTLY LIVING IN: Peabody ALMA MATERS: Peabody Veterans Memorial High School ’11, UMass Amherst ’15, Boston College (MBA expected) JOB: Development assistant, major giving at Boston College FAVORITE FOOD: Eggplant parmesan FAVORITE MUSIC: Right now I...
Read moreAt synagogues, class is in session for adults who want to learn
You can learn about Biblical short stories, like the Book of Samuel or the Book of Jonah. Or you can take a Hebrew College course on modern Israeli short stories. Or you could just...
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