Youth

MARBLEHEAD – When Israeli artist Hanoch Piven visited Epstein Hillel School – the K-8 Jewish Day School north of Boston – for the first time in 2017, Head of School Amy Gold didn’t know what...

The Henry David Thoreau Foundation awards collegiate scholarships of up to $20,000 to eight to ten students graduating from public or private high schools in Massachusetts. As Henry David Thoreau Scholars, these select high school...

Jewish teens continued to prove that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is no barrier to making a difference in the community. On Nov. 21, over 40 teens gathered at Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead for the “For...

Jesse Swartz, son of Allison and Matthew Swartz, became a Bar Mitzvah at Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead on Sat., Nov. 13. Jesse is the grandson of Judith and Herman Swartz, formerly of Swampscott and Carole...

In a spontaneous decision, several young families from Temple Ahavat Achim in Gloucester met at the Addison Gilbert Hospital right after religious school. At the hospital, the students received their first COVID-19 vaccination.

Temple Emanu-El’s youth group SMARTY (Swampscott Marblehead Area Reform Temple Youth), accompanied by Youth Director Jill Simmons-Wetmore, visited Brooksby Farm in Peabody for an afternoon of apple picking, hay rides, doughnuts and more on Sept....

CAMP JORI Camp JORI, located on 75 pristine acres in Wakefield, Rhode Island, is a coed Jewish overnight camp for children in kindergarten through grade 10. Our comprehensive and growing program of sports, arts, adventure...

BOSTON – Hillel Council of New England (HCNE) announced that it has begun a new partnership with Combined Jewish Philanthropies. HCNE is CJP’s operating partner for Boston Onward Israel, the flagship professional internship program in...

Despite anxiety over civil and political unrest – and the ever-present threat of COVID-19 – three college students from Swampscott’s Congregation Shirat Hayam headed to Israel for summer internships. They returned in agreement on three...

With more than 400 books to her name, fans of Jane Yolen might wonder where the acclaimed Western Massachusetts author gets ideas for her still-growing, dazzling array of new books. In the case of her...