Take the LEAP
By Leah Berk, JVS Staff A few days ago I was on the phone with a soon-to-be college grad talking about job opportunities in Boston....
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Meeting Scott Brown
Rimma Zelfand, chief executive officer of JF&CS, along with approximately 20 other Jewish organizational and lay leaders, met with Senator Scott Brown and his staff...
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Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM) 2012
For the last several years, the Jewish community has designated February as a time to focus on raising awareness of the needs of individuals with...
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Birds and Blessings
by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen This Shabbat is Shabbat Shira, when we read the Song of the Sea, the song Moses sang after the Israelites...
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Judaism & Spirituality
Chaverim Chaim - Making Friends for Life
Chaverim Chaim: Friends for Life. What an apt description for a program that brings together Jewish adults from different neighborhoods, backgrounds and abilities to celebrate...
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Inclusion is a Jewish Value: JF&CS Services for People with Disabilities
In the Torah portion Shemot, God tells Moses to go back to Egypt and tell Pharaoh to “Let my people go!” (Exodus chapter 3) Moses...
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From The Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Mail Bag
We love getting mail and hearing stories directly from our volunteers and participants. Here is a story we received from Kasey, who has been matched...
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Social Activism
XLVI
I love dressing up. For better or worse, come Sunday I’m usually found roaming the classrooms and hallways of Prozdor with my suit and tie...
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Visiting Justice Joubran, the first Arab Justice with a permanent appointment to Israel's Supreme Court
CJP’s Israel Advocacy spent a week in January in Israel with a group from Harvard University, visiting some of the success stories that make up...
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Israel & Overseas
Kind of like Birthright Without the Jet Lag and Shawarma
Last year I participated in Wanderings and Wonderings and this year I have joined the committee that shaped the program’s next iteration—Eser: Top Ten Jewish...
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