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Amy and Alan Resnic of Swampscott are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa Rose Resnic to Brandon Ashton Coltune, son of Scott and Shari Coltune of Cooper City, FL and Debra Coltune...

To celebrate the last day of National Skilled Nursing Care Week, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu recently spent the morning at German Centre, the skilled nursing residence in West Roxbury operated by Chelsea Jewish Lifecare and...

On May 7, 112 students performed a series of Zoom piano recitals as part of a fundraiser for Ukrainian children organized by the New England Piano Teachers’ Association. A total of $10,810 was raised and...

Temple Israel of Sharon has appointed Rabbi Jeremy Fineberg as its senior rabbi. Fineberg, who most recently served as assistant rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Closter, NJ, begins his new role on July 1. “On...

Congregation Ahavas Achim, one of the oldest Jewish congregations on the North Shore, will continue its year-long celebration of its 125th anniversary with an open house on Sunday, May 15, from 4-6 p.m. at the...

The Bronfman Fellowship has selected its 36th cohort of intellectually curious 11th-graders from across North America, including three from Massachusetts. They include Kiley Fray, of Malden; Lia Sokol, of Somerville; Elke Bentley, of Brookline. The...

Acclaimed pianist and Yale University School of Music Professor of Piano Boris Berman will launch Brandeis University’s Initiative on Antisemitism with a free concert featuring the music of Johannes Brahms, J.S. Bach and prominent Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov on May...

Actor and playwright Vicki Summers will perform her one-woman show, “Bella, An Immigrant’s Tale,” as a fundraiser for Ukrainian refugees on May 25, at The Cabot Theater in Beverly. Summers plays numerous characters as the...

Prag has worked in advertising sales for decades, and for the last 30 years she was an advertising account executive for GateHouse Media and Gannett. Her areas of expertise include advertising sales, account management, marketing...

Marcy Grand, who has worked for the last five years as the Jewish Journal’s senior strategic media marketing manager, is leaving the Journal this month. During her tenure at the publication, Grand helped boost the...