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Baker allots $1 million in security funding for religious and community institutions

January 17, 2020

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Protest and prayer: Remembering the march from Selma to Montgomery

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North Shore remembers Larry Levine, kosher butcher extraordinaire

PEABODY – If you find yourself on the North Shore and have a hankering for kosher pastrami or brisket, there’s just one place to turn: Larry Levine’s Meats & Deli in Peabody, the largest kosher...

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The Millennials: Carly Mandell

Age: 32 Job: Behavior specialist, Salem Prep High School Hebrew name: Rachel Leah Hometown: Marblehead Currently living in: Lynn Alma maters: Marblehead High School ’05, UMass Amherst ’09 Favorite foods: Ice cream, chocolate, kugel Favorite...

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Essex Media honors Helaine Hazlett and Phyllis Sagan

Helaine Hazlett, left, and Phyllis Sagan. Photos: Courtesy Daily Item

Put the two of them together and they could probably run a small country. In some ways, they already do. Longtime friends Helaine Hazlett of Marblehead and Phyllis Sagan of Swampscott have chaired countless local...

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Climbing Jacob’s ladder: formerly Orthodox woman tells the story of her transgender son

“I knew in my soul that you had always been my son, Jacob,” Lemay wrote in an open letter. /Credit: TDM Photography

After a mysterious dream, Mimi Lemay woke up and decided to pick up a tattered pocket Torah from her time at a seminary in Britain. Looking for some kind of guidance from a God she...

January 6, 2020

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Chet Baker’s financial advice helped lift the Jewish community

Chet Baker and his wife Gail died a month apart this winter. Baker served as the Journal’s business manager for 15 years.

Each weekday morning for the past 15 years, Chet Baker sat down at his desk at the Jewish Journal and went about balancing the finances of the publication like a maestro in a symphony. His...

by Steven A. Rosenberg

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Jonny Miller sticks with Red Sox for the love of the game

Jonny Miller (right) with legendary Dodgers announcer Vin Scully.

As winter chills New England, WBZ Boston radio sports reporter Jonny Miller’s thoughts turn to spring training in Florida. Having covered the Red Sox since 1972, Miller remembers the legendary Ted Williams visiting his old...

by Rich Tenorio

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Generation Z: Lila Frankenstein

Age: 20 Hometown: Gloucester Currently Living in: Marblehead High School: Marblehead High School ’17 School: UMass Amherst Major: English Favorite Food: A fat burrito Favorite Jewish Food: Bagels Favorite Music: Rap Favorite Singer: Joni Mitchell,...

by Mae-Lou Zaleski

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Russian Jews foster community at Brookline’s Center Makor

Founder and President Vladimir Foygelman enjoys dance lessons.

BROOKLINE – Around this time of year, Greater Boston has no shortage of public celebrations of Hanukkah, Christmas, or New Year’s, with menorahs and Christmas trees illuminating every other town square. But there’s hardly any...

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In Swampscott, the house that art built

Heidi Shear serves as co-president and director of ReachArts.

SWAMPSCOTT – A large Colonial house on Burrill Street, with bright red doors opening onto bright white decks, is home to a secular organization, but in some ways, it’s like a temple. It’s a refuge...

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Blind Newton native re-envisions what’s possible

Matthew Shifrin of Newton has teamed up with Lego to create audio and Braille instructions for the blind.

NEWTON – When Matthew Shifrin was five, his babysitter, Lilya Finkel, was driving him down the street and happened to see a discarded box filled to the brim with Legos on the side of the...