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CHELSEA – Bernice Berman cannot believe she turned 100 on Nov. 7. The much beloved resident at Cohen Florence Levine Estates celebrated her milestone birthday with visits from her daughter Janice Cohen, son-in-law Larry Cohen,...

SALEM – The Board of Overseers of the Jewish Journal, the nonprofit newspaper that informs the Jewish community on the North Shore and beyond, welcomed a new president and thanked its outgoing one at its...

The Religious Zionists of America (RZA), the U.S.-based branch of World Mizrachi and umbrella organization for the American Religious Zionist movement, has named Rabbi Ari Rockoff, as its vice president. Rabbi...

Rabbi Michael Ragozin of Congregation Shirat Hayam in Swampscott was named a 2020-2021 LEAP Fellow, a partnership of the University of Pennsylvania and Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.   [caption id="attachment_17363" align="alignleft"...

MARBLEHEAD – The infuriating moment when retired psychology professor Sheldon Brown knew he had to bring Holocaust education to North Shore Community College came at an unlikely time, during a faculty meeting on whether educators...

From a very early age, Dorothy Brenner Appel knew she wanted to be an artist. To that end, she succeeded beyond her wildest dreams. Dorothy, now age 97 and a resident of German Centre for...

SWAMPSCOTT – About a year ago, Lynn native Abraham “Abe” Babbitt and his wife, Frances, were able to greet and hold the newest member of their large family, great-grandson John Wesley Babbitt. Abe Babbitt and...

The Anti-Defamation League has elected Joseph S. Berman as the new Board Chair for its New England Region. Berman brings his extensive expertise in law, strategic planning, development, and fundraising to the position, and was handed...

Leon Remis and Deborah Shelkan Remis are thrilled to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca Shelkan Remis, to Samuel Isaac Pashall, son of Ellen Minkoff Pashall of Newton and Michael Pashall of Greensboro, North Carolina.

Deutsches Altenheim, a nonprofit provider of nursing home, assisted living and adult day health services in West Roxbury, and Legacy Lifecare, a nonprofit management resources collaborative that includes Chelsea Jewish Lifecare of Chelsea and Peabody...