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Boston Jews are feeling newly hopeful and empowered after joining 25,000 other people in New York City to protest a recent spate of violent anti-Semitic hate crimes. “We took something that was very painful to...
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BOSTON — Earlier this month, Governor Charlie Baker announced that the state will provide $1 million in funding to help Massachusetts houses of worship and other nonprofit groups enhance their security against hate crimes and...
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Less than 24 hours after five people were stabbed at a rabbi’s home on Forshay Road in Monsey, N.Y., Jews gathered on the lawn to sing and dance as a Torah scroll was dedicated at...
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Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog announced that from the beginning of 2010 through the end of 2019, more than 255,000 new immigrants moved from 150 different countries to Israel. The countries of origin of the...
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As the number of families struggling to put food on the table this season grows, the need for Family Table volunteers, donations of food and $25 Hanukkah gift cards for children is dire. The number...
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The Hanukkah stamp artwork features a menorah created using the techniques of the traditional Jewish folk art of papercutting. Artist Tamar Fishman made a pencil sketch of the design and then with a fine blade,...
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“I am the mashed potato and ham guy,” jokes Irving Burday of Middleton who has spent several years in the kitchen at My Brother’s Table preparing meals for over 350 people who have nowhere to...
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BOSTON – Heady anticipation – and clouds of dust – are in the air at the Vilna Shul. One hundred years ago, nearly to the week, on Dec. 11, 1919, Lithuanian Jewish immigrants laid the...
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“Providing charity for poor and hungry people weighs as heavily as all the other commandments of the Torah combined,” the Babylonian Talmud instructs. The holiday season is traditionally a time for giving back to the...
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MARBLEHEAD – High school can be a stressful place, especially around finals time, but falafel, sufganiyot and stimulating conversation among friends always help. These are now on weekly offer to Marblehead High School students thanks...
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