About JewishBoston

Welcome to the digital home of Boston’s Jewish community! With a community calendar of Jewish events, directory of local Jewish organizations and services, free DIY guides, resources on antisemitism, volunteer opportunities, interviews with community members doing amazing things, JewishBostonTeens.com and so much more, we can help you create the Jewish life you want for yourself.

JewishBoston.com is run by Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), Greater Boston’s Jewish federation. Learn more about CJP here.

MEET THE MINDS BEHIND THE WEBSITE

Photos: Diana Levine
Kali 2Kali Foxman, JewishBoston. Photo by Diana Levine / dianalevine.c

KALI FOXMAN

Kali is the director of content strategy at CJP. Contact her if you want to pitch a story, have her edit something or talk about anything dessert- or baking-related. (She really loves editing. And sweets.)

Fun facts about Kali:

  • Extremely enthusiastic about the AP Stylebook
  • Obsessed (in a normal, healthy way) with her adorable nieces and nephew
  • Firmly believes that without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos
  • Once interviewed fitness guru Richard Simmons while working for a Virginia newspaper
  • Rowed on a recreational crew team during college
  • Loves hunting for vintage treasures at the Brimfield Antique Show every summer
  • Interned at Seventeen and Vegetarian Times magazines (and was neither a teen nor a vegetarian)
  • Eats real maple syrup only (she’s from Vermont, after all)
  • Owns 35 rolls of Japanese washi tape
  • Collects throw pillows
Ashley Jacobs, Jewish Boston. Photo by Diana Levine / dianalevinAshley 2

ASHLEY JACOBS

Ashley is a content marketing manager at CJP. Contact her if you want to create pithy and fun catchphrases, swap recipes or discuss anything “Harry Potter.”

Fun facts about Ashley:

  • Loves adventures, penguins and rock ’n’ roll
  • Hosted four radio shows in college
  • Interprets dreams, whether asked to or not
  • Still arranges her M&Ms in rainbow order (and knows blue is the best)
  • Placed first in Lefty Trivia at Lefty’s the Left Hand Store in San Francisco on International Left Handers Day 2012
  • Is in Gryffindor
  • Dances ballet, sometimes boxes and attempts to meditate
  • Owns more cookbooks than you
  • Hasn’t gotten taller since she was 12 years old
  • Will meet Dave Grohl one day

Last modified: January 19, 2023