Barry Shrage's Profile
Newton, MAPresident of CJP, proud grandfather of Ayelet, Patriot’s fan, passionate about Jewish education, Israel, and opening up the Jewish community to everyone.
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Israeli Trauma Experts Aid Boston, Watertown
Dear Friends: The Boston Marathon attack and its aftermath left us reeling, but we were also more aware than ever of the unity and strength...
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Community News
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Tribute to Ed Koch
“My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish.” – Daniel Pearl On February 1 in 2002, Wall Street Journal South Asia Bureau...
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Personal Stories
Thanking Joe Kennedy for his important statement
Below is Joe Kennedy’s strong statement in support of Israel as she defends herself against Hamas’ unrelenting rocket attacks. As you’ll see when you access...
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Israel & Overseas
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Sharing Strength and Saving a Life
In case you missed it this weekend, I thought this wonderful story from Sunday’s Boston Globe was worth sharing. It’s about crossing boundaries—physical and geopolitical—to...
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Social Activism
Building federation-foundation collaboration
(This article also appears on The Times of Israel website.) Barry Shrage and Jay Ruderman We have reached the point of great potential for expanding...
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Community News
At a Critical Time for Israel, A Lesson from Purim
From Jewish history we learn three essential lessons: Those who threaten to wipe out the Jewish people mean what they are saying. Sometimes we must...
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Israel & Overseas
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Beware the "New Hasmoneans" - Rabbi Riskin on "Price Tag Rioters"
As we celebrate the final night of Chanukah, I'd like to share with you an important article by my friend and teacher, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin....
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Israel & Overseas
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An Invitation to a Book Party for "The Jewish Annotated New Testament"
As many of you know I have always been fascinated by the intersection of early Christianity and the development of Rabbinic Judaism. While many of...
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Arts & Culture
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Words of Our President, Words of True Peace
The Words of Our President, Words of True Peace Dear Friends, On Wednesday, President Obama uttered these historic words before the United Nations: Let us...
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Israel & Overseas
There Should Be a Palestinian State, But Not Now
Monday night, I joined more than 500 members of our community representing more than 65 organizations and synagogues to call for real peace between Israel...
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Israel & Overseas
