Features

If you were to have asked me what Zoom was a year ago, I would have said it was the sound my little boys made when they revved up their Matchbook cars and Tonka trucks....

It was at the movies where I realized how lucky I was to be matched with such an incredible kid. We were standing in line for popcorn and Elias politely asked if he could have...

REVERE – The Consulate General of Israel to New England came bearing 1,600 falafel sandwiches around the Greater Boston area for “Operation Falafel in Numbers” on Thursday, April 15, in honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel...

BOSTON – White supremacist propaganda distribution surged across the United States in 2020, with a total 5,125 cases of racist, anti-Semitic and other hateful messages reported by the Anti-Defamation League. Last year marked the highest...

NEWTON – It’s been a busy first couple of months in Congress for freshman Representative Jake Auchincloss, a Democratic Jewish lawmaker from Newton who represents the 4th District. “It’s been an intense two-month orientation to...

BEVERLY – The death of George Floyd and other high-profile instances of police brutality against people of color sparked months of Black Lives Matter protests nationwide and a conversation about racial injustice in America. They...

BOSTON — Dr. Mark Poznansky of Massachusetts General Hospital invoked a principle from the Talmud during a recent virtual discussion about the COVID-19 pandemic. Asked what has guided him the most during the year or...

HEBREW NAME: Nechama Sifra HOMETOWN:  Newburyport CURRENT SCHOOL:  Newburyport High, ‘21 FAVORITE JEWISH FOOD:  Nammy’s matzo ball soup FAVORITE JEWISH PERSON:  Menash (My Israeli tour guide) FAVORITE JEWISH HOLIDAY:Rosh Hashanah How is school going this...

MARBLEHEAD – A couple of Marblehead High seniors, Lucy New and Sofia Vatnik, say they are not shy about talking in front of others or talking about their Jewish life. So the pair have started...

PEABODY – The city’s oldest shul, Congregation Sons of Israel, wished a long life to its 12 oldest members who are 90 and over by holding its first Nonagenarian Celebration last month. On Feb. 5,...