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Hadassah CEO to visit Swampscott
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...
Read moreThe Millennials: Beni Summers
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...
Read moreAffirming Jewish identities with bat mitzvahs in Gloucester
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...
Read moreVideo shows man posting Holocaust-denial flyers
MARBLEHEAD – More than a week after two flyers denying the Holocaust were found on the grounds of Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead, police have posted a video on Facebook that appears to show a man...
Read moreY2I teens plant their roots in Israel
One of the first things that Emma Keith experienced after landing in Israel, besides jetlag and air that felt like “stepping into a sauna,” was a man who shook the hands of everyone in her...
Read moreNursing home to be renamed the Katzman Center for Living
CHELSEA – Elliot and Donna Katzman have never forgotten their roots. Talk to them for a few minutes and you’ll understand that their morals and values – which carried them from modest childhoods in Chelsea...
Read moreThe Millennials: Daniel Steinbrook
Daniel Steinbrook, 28 HEBREW NAME: Tzvi HOMETOWN: Marblehead CURRENTLY LIVING IN: Cambridge ALMA MATERS: Marblehead High School ’07, Harvard University ’11 JOB: Director of Intellectual Property Solutions, Aon FAVORITE FOOD: Any sandwich from Milk Street Café – that’s...
Read moreHarold Mindel to chant the haftarah at Walnut Street Shul
CHELSEA – The palatial, Romanesque sanctuary of Chelsea’s storied Walnut Street Shul is just as Harold Mindel remembers it back when he chanted the haftarah in 1942. “The people there kept it in great condition...
Read moreFunding secured for B’nai B’rith senior housing development
SWAMPSCOTT – Last week, state officials announced a $2 million grant to help create senior affordable housing at the former Machon School. The grant will help the planned $15 million, 38-single-unit housing development move forward....
Read moreA wedding that blends Jewish, Boston tradition
BOSTON – Brooke Patkin and Joshua Kay met on a blind date in 2016 at the Delux Café in Boston, and quickly discovered all sorts of coincidences. They both attended the University of Pennsylvania at...
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