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Rabbi Jessica Lowenthal has been selected to take part in the18Doors Rukin Rabbinic Fellowship Program, which launched with a virtual kickoff retreat earlier this month. “As the Jewish community continues to reflect the diversity within...

As a former restaurant owner and the director of the Culinary Arts Program at Youth Link, Matthew Swartz of Swampscott knows his way around the kitchen. One of the first lessons he teaches his students at...

PEABODY – Ruth Riceman was not sure what to expect before her hour-long talk on the “History of Quilting” at a recent gathering at Kaplan Estates. So, she was pleasantly surprised when all the men...

Rabbi Max Chaiken has been selected as the new spiritual leader of Temple Emanuel of Andover. Rabbi Chaiken will assume his new position on July 1 following the retirement of Rabbi Robert S. Goldstein who...

BOSTON – Hillel Council of New England (HCNE) announced that Executive Director Samuel Mendales, of 36 years, will retire this spring. Miriam Berkowitz Blue, the council’s assistant director, has been promoted to executive director and...

Bobby Rudolph has been named a partner in the law firm of Rudolph Friedmann LLP. Bobby joined the firm as an associate in 2012 and represents individuals and businesses in complex civil litigation matters. His...

Chelsea Jewish Lifecare, one of New England’s leading nonprofit healthcare organizations with campuses in Chelsea and Peabody, unveiled its new “Superheroes Saving Lives” campaign. Geared to its dedicated and loyal frontline staff, it focuses upon...

Volunteers worked on Christmas Day to deliver 300 meals with cheerful cards to Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, Malden and Saugus residents. Temple Beth Shalom of Melrose, Melrose Council on Aging and Early Harvest Diner of Wakefield...

It was a trip to Israel in 2019 that inspired North Shore resident Marcia Widmer to join Jewish National Fund-USA’s local board and expand her philanthropic impact. “So many of us know JNF-USA as the...

North Shore philanthropists Julie Rainer Cummings of Swampscott and Steven Rosenthal of Marblehead have donated a combined $55,000 to Danvers-based Northeast Arc, allowing the agency to provide year-end recognition to hundreds of Direct Support Professionals...