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More than four months after the Jewish Journal launched an emergency fundraising campaign to keep publishing the paper, the Greater Boston Jewish and interfaith community has responded – donating over $100,000, and in the process,...

Craig Lewin, originally from Swamp­scott, achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with his completion of the 21-mile English Channel swim last month. He is the 240th swimmer to do so and is the...

BOSTON – For weeks, Tally Kritzman-Amir followed the news unfolding in Israel where her family and friends joined tens of thousands of others who’ve been protesting against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government’s mishandling...

WALTHAM – Although area colleges and universities are reopening this fall, due to Covid-19 they will use either a hybrid model involving reduced in-person numbers and online options, or an entirely virtual campus. It’s a...

Mimi Nelson Oliver is a healer and a seeker who for years searched for a spiritual home that would nurture her soul. Despite a solid early Jewish education, and a social work master’s degree from...

When congregations across the North Shore closed in March, they didn’t know how long their doors would remain shut. Now, with the High Holidays approaching and the coronavirus pandemic continuing, local religious leaders are making...

WEST ROXBURY – Jamie Cotel, the executive director of the Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts, placed a stone on a newly dedicated memorial at the Baker Street Memorial Park in West Roxbury. Putting a stone...

From Fort Bragg in North Carolina to Fort Hood in Texas, there are currently 10 U.S. military bases named after former Confederate officers. In the wake of the George Floyd protests, there has been a...

Summer camp is looking a little different this year in the Jewish community, but camp directors and attendees are making the best of it. At KinderCamp, one of three day camps offered at the JCC...

NEWTON – For Blacker’s Bakeshop, a nut-free, dairy-free kosher bakery in Newton known for its custom birthday cakes and various types of challah, the Covid-19 pandemic came at the worst time possible – just weeks...