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SWAMPSCOTT – The Rev. Dr. Andre Bennett, pastor of youth and young adults at Zion Baptist Church in Lynn, said he was not lost when police in several tony North Shore suburbs pulled him over...

Rabbi Yossi Lipsker opened Chabad of the North Shore in 1992 in Swampscott and since then has expanded to Peabody, Lynn and Everett. Lipsker is the son of a Chabad rabbi, and grew up in...

Anti-Semitism has been a constant in Greater Boston for years. Increasingly, it is taking place in our schools and within our local governments. Three of the most disturbing cases involving paid municipal officials were made...

MARBLEHEAD – The synagogue of the future may look a lot different and very much the same when the pandemic passes over. Temples might transition to a hybrid model, offering high-quality online services and programs...

DUXBURY – Just six weeks after the Duxbury High School football team used the word ‘Auschwitz’ while calling a play during a game, this coastal town of 16,000 – where an estimated 60 Jews reside...

WALTHAM – A new study estimates there are 7.6 million Jews in the United States, which equates to 2.4 percent of the nation’s population. The new estimates and an interactive map were produced by the...

SWAMPSCOTT – The path toward combatting racism and anti-Semitism is through education, Rav Tiferet Berenbaum told a group of 140 participants on Zoom on Sunday, April 18. The event, “What Does Judaism Teach Us About...

After she learned the Duxbury High football team had reportedly used offensive and anti-Semitic terms like “Auschwitz” in audible play calls in a game on March 12, state Senate President Karen Spilka took to Twitter...

Phillip Weiner served in The Hague Court at the Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal and prosecuted those responsible for the atrocities committed during the Bosnian War from 1992 through 1995. Now he’s trying to fight an...

PEABODY – In honor of Israel’s 73rd Day of Independence, city officials, members of the local Jewish community, and some state lawmakers gathered to watch the Israeli flag being raised up the flagpole on the...