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North Shore parents try to maintain normalcy in abnormal times

Elana Zabar, a junior at the University of New Hampshire, studying at home in Swampscott.

On a recent day, Rachelle Dubow had an eight-hour board meeting through the online platform, Zoom. During a 10-minute break, she ran outside to the driveway of her Swampscott home to shoot hoops with her...

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Passover in the Time of COVID

I am an emergency physician who has been treating patients for almost 40 years. My practice consists of patients with strokes, heart attacks, and GI bleeds. The emergency department treats patients as they are born...

by Irv Danesh

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A letter to my children: Reflections on the role of the youth during the COVID-19 pandemic

“The only way to stop this virus is to limit contagion,” writes Dr. Misha Pless (above with his children).

I am writing to you from home. You are just next to me, but somehow, I cannot reach out to you. You are involved in your daily concerns, your schoolwork, your friends, your parties, your...

by Misha Pless

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Lappin Foundation’s Youth to Israel Adventure (Y2I) canceled

SALEM – The Lappin Foundation’s Youth to Israel Adventure, or Y2I, which has been sending Jewish teens to Israel for over 40 years, has canceled this year’s summer trip. Debbie Coltin, the foundation’s executive...

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Last call for bingo at Malden shul

David and Bella Westerman, Marilyn Masters, and Dottie Scott recently played their last game of bingo at their Malden temple. Photo: Philip Butkovitz

MALDEN – It started nearly 50 years ago when a tight-knit, vibrant Jewish community lived in the Faulkner section of Malden. Bingo! It was a fun night out with sociability on tap and you, maybe,...

by Bette Keva

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ADL holds ‘Nation of Immigrants’ Seder

Cardinal Seán O’Malley spoke at ADL’s ‘Nation of Immigrants’ Seder.

BOSTON – Boston civic and religious leaders addressed a crowd of 250 at UMass-Boston last Sunday, who attended the 13th annual Anti-Defamation League of New England “Nation of Immigrants” Community Seder. “The goal of ADL’s...

by Rich Tenorio

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Israeli tap dancing partners still in step after all these years

As children in Tel Aviv, Lazarov and Sadka were a popular tap dancing team.

BOSTON – In its three-week Boston run, thousands of local theater-goers who caught the Tony-nominated touring production of “Fiddler On the Roof” became new fans of Yehezkel Lazarov. The award-winning Israeli actor is delighting audiences...

by Penny Schwartz

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Honorable Menschion: Wendy Dubow Polins

Rosie, Wendy, Richard and Sophie Polins.

Wendy Dubow Polins, of Swampscott, has been deeply involved in Greater Boston’s Jewish organizations for more than 20 years and has held leadership positions with the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, Our Generation Speaks,...

by Steven A. Rosenberg

March 12, 2020

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Let a genealogist help you trace your Jewish roots

Carol Clingan, research projects coordinator at the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, located and archived almost 80,000 Yahrzeit plaques throughout Massachusetts.

MARBLEHEAD – “Nobody ever doesn’t say, ‘I wish I had asked my grandparents,’ including me,” said Carol Clingan. As the research projects coordinator of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, Clingan comes across many...

March 12, 2020

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With Jewish history in mind, Temple Emanu-El in Haverhill hosts Refugee Shabbat

Temple Emanu-El in Haverhill has long been a haven for immigrants and refugees.

HAVERHILL – The word “Hebrew” comes from a root that means “to cross over” or to “cross boundaries.” Ever since God told Abraham to leave his home and his family for a foreign land, the...