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After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the Lappin Foundation’s 12-day, fully subsidized Youth to Israel Adventure resumed this summer, and the 83 teens from 31 local communities and 41 high schools returned on July 8 with...

Hebrew Name: Liba Sara Job: Mid-Atlantic Community Associate Manager, Moishe House Hometown: Marblehead Currently living in: Washington, D.C. Alma maters: Marblehead High School ‘16, University of Michigan ‘20 Favorite food: Bagels Favorite movie: “School of...

CHELSEA — A decade ago, Joe Resnek was a precocious 23-year-old with a hard-knocks Chelsea background who’d graduated Harvard and talked his way into a job as a speechwriter for Obama administration big shots. His...

BEVERLY – An arresting oil painting, “The Last Movement,” by renowned international artist and Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak, now hangs in the lobby of Temple B’nai Abraham in Beverly. The gift is a joint donation...

The first time I touched a dead body was in a sanitized room inside a Dallas funeral home. I was stationed next to Ana’s toenails, with a small toothpick and a Q-tip. While firmly holding...

Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, begins Saturday evening. Traditionally, Jews have fasted on this day that marks the destruction of both of Jerusalem’s holy temples in 423 BCE and...

Over at Turtle Bay on the east side of Midtown Manhattan, a man just bit a dog. Not really. But – you hardly noticed this, though its significance is enormous – the United Nations headquartered...

For the fifth time since 2019, Israel will hold a national election to choose a prime minister. The election is expected to take place this fall. The announcement comes after the coalition that Prime Minister...

There is not a shred of tikkun olam (repair the world) in Gloucester Stage Company’s production of “Gloria.” The two-hour play instead takes us on a ride on the rollercoaster that is the essence of...

We are now in the midst of the 55th anniversary of the Six-Day War, which prompts unusually deep reflection. It is because the legacy of the war – both the triumph and the tragedies that...