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Jamaica Plain, MA

David Levy is managing editor of JewishBoston.com.  He is a member of board of directors of Keshet, a Boston-based non-profit working for the full inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Jews in Jewish life.  He also serves on the board of directors of the Alumni & Friends of New England Region United Synagogue Youth.  He holds a bachelors degree from Harvard University and masters degrees in Jewish studies and Jewish education from Hebrew College.

 
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David Levy's Voice

Rushing to Give? Make Tzedakah a Year-Round Practice
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12/30/2011 by David Levy

Rushing to Give? Make Tzedakah a Year-Round Practice

If your inbox is anything like mine, the last two weeks have been a deluge of messages from well-meaning organizations helpfully reminding us that 2011... Read More
Posted in: Judaism & Spirituality
Review: CAPTORS at the Huntington
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12/05/2011 by David Levy

Review: CAPTORS at the Huntington

I will admit up front that I tend to approach "Holocaust art" with a bit of hesitation. The subject so readily lends itself to emotional... Read More
Posted in: Arts & Culture
He Made His Home in that Fish's Abdomen
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10/03/2011 by David Levy

He Made His Home in that Fish's Abdomen

The story of Jonah s one of those Bible stories that everyone thinks they know, in no small part thanks to the image of a... Read More
Posted in: Arts & Culture
Shofar Across Boston: Roni in Dover
09/19/2011 by David Levy

Shofar Across Boston: Roni in Dover

When we first put out the call for people to submit their own videos of the shofar being sounded around our community, I knew I... Read More
Posted in: Judaism & Spirituality
Shofar Across Boston Day Two: Children's Museum
09/01/2011 by David Levy

Shofar Across Boston Day Two: Children's Museum

Today is the second day of the month of Elul, the month leading up to Rosh Hashanah. There's a tradition to sound the shofar every... Read More
Posted in: Judaism & Spirituality
Fathers and Sons: A Special Blessing
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06/17/2011 by David Levy

Fathers and Sons: A Special Blessing

  As Fathers Day approaches on the secular calendar, I find myself thinking about the traditional Jewish blessing fathers bestow on their sons. This tradition... Read More
Posted in: Kids & Parenting
Complicated Emotions on Yom Yerushalayim
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06/01/2011 by David Levy

Complicated Emotions on Yom Yerushalayim

Today, June 1st, is Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, marking the reunification of Jerusalem during the Six Day War in 1967. This is both an Israeli... Read More
Posted in: Israel & Overseas
New Friends, High-Level Learning, and Occasional Bouts of Terror
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05/24/2011 by David Levy

New Friends, High-Level Learning, and Occasional Bouts of Terror

There was never any question in my family as to whether or not I'd attend Prozdor; my older brother had set the pattern for my... Read More
Posted in: Community News
Ending Hate on the 10th of Tevet
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12/17/2010 by David Levy

Ending Hate on the 10th of Tevet

The Jewish calendar has a half-dozen or so "minor" fast days -- minor both in the sense of "less important in the grand scheme of... Read More
Posted in: Social Activism
Give Comics for Chanukah
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11/23/2010 by David Levy

Give Comics for Chanukah

If you've followed me across the blogosphere for any amount of time, you may have picked up on one of my hobbies. I love comics.... Read More
Posted in: Arts & Culture
 
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David Levy commented on Get Yourself in the Chanukah Mood written by Adena Cohen-Bearak

David Levy commented on A Song No One Else Has Heard: A Chanukah Tradition written by Dan Brosgol

David Levy commented on Confessions of a Yom Kippur Slacker: I Never Fast written by Jewish Muse

David Levy commented on Roast Chicken Surprise, A Rosh Hashanah Recipe written by Warren Hoffman

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David Levy commented on The People in Your Neighborhood: Rabbi Benjamin Shalva of Temple Reyim written by Dan Brosgol

David Levy commented on If A Rocket Falls in Eilat, and No One Talks About It, Did it Really Happen? written by Dan Brosgol

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