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WALTHAM -- The question of how well American Jews and Israeli Jews really understand each other was the topic of a lively conversation between Daniel Gordis and Jonathan Sarna at [...]

WALTHAM -- Kicking off the 2019-2020 school year, Gann Academy officially welcomed Dalia Hochman, PhD, as its new head of school on July 1. As previously reported, Hochman grew up [...]

As Dickens put it so well, 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' I just became a grandmother, and the world is going nuts. On [...]

'The cattle train was full,' wrote Anna Grun in 'Legacies,' a collection of stories of courage and resilience published in 1993. 'I don't remember how long we'd been inside when [...]

ASHLAND -- Rebecca Starr, project director for the consulting agency Advocates for Human Potential, has been recognized by the Massachusetts House of Representatives for her work with AHP and its [...]

NATICK -- Christian Zionist Chloe Valdary has developed a framework for conflict resolution and interpersonal change, which she calls 'The Theory of Enchantment.' In speeches and classes, she empowers people [...]

Advocate correspondent NATICK--TV or not TV? In the early years of the State of Israel, this was a real dilemma for its government. In her talk, 'The Land of Milk, [...]

NATICK -- Simon Plosker, managing editor of HonestReporting, began his recent talk at Temple Israel here with a quote from Mark Twain: 'A lie can travel halfway round the world [...]

NATICK -- Isn't Yiddish what your parents or grandparents spoke when they didn't want you to know what they were saying? Isn't it just a dead language, a remnant of [...]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University is the recipient of a grant to support its newly established Israel fund and to strengthen peer-to-peer relationships among students, faculty and their Israeli counterparts. [...]

NEWTON -- 'I want to start by saying that I am pro-Palestinian.' Thus did Israeli journalist Ben-Dror Yemini begin his talk, 'BDS Lies and the Middle East Conflict,' at the [...]

Every June, I give a gift--pro-Israel informational booklets--to those in my temple who are graduating from high school. This year, I sent them copies of 'Answering Tough Questions about Israel,' [...]

SUDBURY -- On May 29, a standing room only crowd at the Chabad Center here heard 99-year-old Marthe Cohn tell her story of being a Jewish spy in Germany during [...]

NEWTON -- 'We hear this every day from journalists, academics and politicians,' Dr. Mordechai Kedar told a packed house at Beth Menachem Chabad of Newton on May 15. ''If only [...]

Born Karola Ruth Siegel, she is best known as Dr. Ruth Westheimer, or more commonly, Dr. Ruth. 'While many are aware of her career as sex therapist extraordinaire, few know [...]

NATICK -- When he was 10 years old, Josh Warshawsky was impressed as his father, then 40, picked up a guitar for the first time to celebrate his mother's birthday. [...]

NATICK -- Tricia Miller, a senior research analyst at CAMERA, presented, 'Why Do Evangelicals Stand with the Jewish State?' at Temple Israel of Natick on Jan. 24. According to a [...]

NEWTON -- Concern over anti-Israel teaching in Newton drew 300 people to the Newton JCC on Jan. 28, where CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, [...]

NEWTON -- Israel supporters seeking to counter the anti-Israel narrative in the media, on college campuses and in awkward conversations with friends and family received guidance from advocates on the [...]

NATICK -- Nava Tehila is a Jerusalem-based, Jewish renewal musical ensemble. Its talented musicians and singers are also affiliated with a spiritual group dedicated to creating musical and engaging prayer [...]

FRAMINGHAM -- 'Our policy of inclusion is an important part of how we serve the community of Metrowest,' said Beth Null, director of community advancement for the MetroWest Jewish Day [...]

It's a new year, time for apples dipped in honey, festive meals with family and friends, prayer services and the annual synagogue Israel Bonds drive. Since its inception in 1951, [...]

Temple B'nai Torah, a Reform congregation in Sudbury, recently welcomed Rabbi Lisa Eiduson as their new spiritual leader. Rabbi Eiduson began her tenure on July 1, succeeding Rabbi Boaz Heilman, [...]

'Celebrating Inclusion: Opening Doors to Jewish Community,' held on May 14 at Hebrew College in Newton, highlighted the work of the Ruderman Synagogue Inclusion Project (RSIP), a project of Combined [...]

Israeli journalist Yossi Klein Halevi spoke to a packed house at Temple Israel of Natick on March 5th. Halevi discussed his book Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers [...]

Rabbis Yaakov Blotner and Natan Schafer have a unique mission. They are the only rabbis who minister to Jewish inmates in Massachusetts prisons. Both believe strongly in the need to [...]

In April, Harvard University's Dining Services (HUDS) agreed to student demands to terminate purchases from the Israeli company SodaStream and to remove company labels from SodaStream machines currently in use. [...]

Congregation Mishkan Tefila of Chestnut Hill and Temple Emeth in Brookline are considering a proposal to combine their weekday minyans, reportedly on an alternating schedule between the two synagogues. Representatives [...]

The New Year is bringing new dimensions in kosher food to the Greater Boston area. The Milk Street Cafe, Boston's only kosher restaurant, is in the final stages of a [...]

Four Americans and two Canadians left home to serve in the Israel Defense Forces. Today, Isaac Rodgin of Natick, Tomer Bar-Lavi of New York and Daniel Hochman and Leor Bialy [...]

NATICK -- Rotem Yadlin, CEO of the Israeli nonprofit Access for All, spoke on 'Higher Education, A Powerful Vehicle for Social Change in Israel' at Temple Israel of Natick on [...]

Byline: Green, Ann One hundred athletes enjoyed a day of fun and great weather at Yom Sport '03, the eighth annual day of sports for adults with disabilities. The event, [...]

Byline: Green, Ann In the children's book Momo, evil men in gray, wearing gray suits and gray hats, carrying gray briefcases and smoking gray cigars, convince people to put their [...]

Byline: Green, Ann Two hundred people -- including heads of major Jewish agencies, rabbis, cantors, parents, grandparents, students and their younger siblings, and members of the Metrowest Jewish community -- [...]

Byline: Green, Ann NEW YORK -- Delegates at Hadassah's 89th annual national convention heard both disturbing news about international terrorism and anti-Semitism and hopeful words about the organization's love for [...]

Byline: Green, Ann In Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, about 30 percent of the city's 50,000 Jews are elderly. The Ukrainian government allocates no funds for their care, and many live alone in [...]

Byline: Green, Ann Some came to learn after a long day on the job, while others left work early to get to class. Then there were those -- retirees, at-home [...]

Byline: Green, Ann Each child with serious special needs who learns Hebrew, Jewish customs and prayers, becomes an active member of a congregation, and celebrates his coming of age with [...]

Byline: Green, Ann You just have to love a holiday that encourages you to eat cheesecake. But Shavuot, as significant in the Jewish calendar as Passover, just isn't on the [...]

Byline: Green, Ann Just a couple of months ago, 22-year-old Nykesha G. was happily completing a training program at the Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) Center for Careers and Lifelong Learning. [...]

Byline: Green, Ann There are many families throughout Greater Boston caring for a relative with a disability. While they do all they can for their family member, they realize there [...]

Byline: Green, Ann Every Monday and Thursday, Renee Rudolph leaves her home in Hingham and drives into Boston. She doesn't go to shop, take in a movie or 'do lunch.' [...]

Byline: Green, Ann Needs are up, revenues are down, and the state's most vulnerable citizens are caught in the middle. With Massachusetts facing large budget deficits, there has been a [...]

Byline: Green, Ann New York City has the Jewish Museum and the 92nd Street Y. Los Angeles has the Skirball Cultural Center. And soon Boston, taking its place as a [...]

Byline: Green, Ann NEWTON -- With his unique blend of lecture, dramatic presentation, moral pep talk, text study and comedy routine, Danny Siegel entertained, informed and energized 70 alumni of [...]

Byline: Green, Ann Tradition and innovation, continuity and change. The Greater Boston Jewish community has learned that programs that integrate these concepts help build a strong Jewish community. Putting its [...]

Byline: Green, Ann For most of us these days, computers have become important, even essential, to our professional lives. But for those with disabilities, computer technology can be integral to [...]

As the New Year approaches, Jews of all backgrounds and denominations are reflecting on the past year and considering changes to be made in 5775. Many will recreate traditions they [...]

There is a classic story told by well-known Reform Rabbi Sarah Messinger of Pennsylvania. Early in her career, a 5-year-old girl asked her, 'Can boys become rabbis, too?' This vignette [...]