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MARBLEHEAD – The Jewish Community Center of the North Shore said on Wednesday, Dec. 9, that it had been notified of three separate lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 among various members or participants with potential exposure...

PEABODY – Chabad of Pea­body is commissioning a Torah scroll to celebrate its lucky chai 18th birthday year, what the rabbi and his wife have called the “Year of Love.” However, Torah scrolls don’t come...

MARBLEHEAD – Hanukkah may light up differently this year without the inability of temples to hold large in-person gatherings due to the pandemic. “One of the lessons of Hanukkah is that in times of darkness...

When Hanukkah begins, Jews in the U.S. military stationed across the nation and world will be able to celebrate the holiday while serving their country. The JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, based in New York, is...

MARBLEHEAD – Temple Emanu-El will be the site of free COVID-19 drive-thru testing for Marblehead residents only starting on Friday, according to a press release from Town Administrator Jason Silva and Public Health Director Andrew...

WALTHAM – Jewish Family & Children’s Services’ Family Table food pantry, which aims to end hunger by providing nutritious kosher food to those in need in the Greater Boston Jewish community, is once again seeing...

BOSTON – Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who serves as the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, has been tapped by President-elect Joe Biden...

PEABODY – Several years ago, Alan Pransky contemplated leaving his beloved Temple Ner Tamid of the North Shore, where he has been a member for 45 years. He thought the white shul on the hill...

CHELSEA – In the middle of the coronavirus crisis, Chelsea Jewish Lifecare answered the call from the state to create a first of its kind homelike setting for those who are dependent on a ventilator...

PEABODY – Chabad of the North Shore plans to bring a little light into our lives with public menorah lightings starting this Thursday. However, like most things during the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Festival of...