Risk and Responsibility
by Idit Klein Executive Director of Keshet Presented on 1/28/12 at Temple Emunha's Kirvu Shabbat Shabbat Shalom. Yesterday I spent some time talking with a 16...
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Register to Volunteer with ReachOut!
ReachOut! is a chance for young Jewish professionals in their 20s and 30s to volunteer in communities across Greater Boston and to develop friendships through...
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What do the Maccabees, MIT students, and curious four-year-olds have to do with each other? It turns out a whole lot!
In late November, 13 MIT students explored “Chanukah through Science” with three classrooms of four-year-old children at the JCC Early Learning Center in Newton....
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Are you hungry for justice?
If you're hungry for justice, take a seat at TELEM and Temple Israel's Hunger Seder, next Wednesday, April 13th in Sharon. You've never heard of...
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Ben Kuss is fighting for good jobs!
This is the third profile in a series highlighting the work Jewish Organizing Fellows and alumni are doing to fight for justice. Benjamin Kuss, alumnus...
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March Madness? What about Match Madness?!
While Jews are well known superstars of baseball, there is not much talk about Jews and basketball. And though Jordan Faramar and Omri Casspi are representing...
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Victoria Secret, Shabbos Walks, and Interrogating Rape Cultures
I love guerilla feminism. And I love that this group of feminists from Baltimore used online guerilla feminism to critique Victoria Secret and promote consent. And I’m not the...
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Hurricane Katrina Relief is Still Needed!
When is the last time you heard about Hurricane Katrina? Would it surprise you to find out that thousands of people still have not returned...
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Finding meaning in the Fast of Gedaliah
Today, Wednesday September 19, the day following Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), is a “minor” Jewish fast (meaning it’s only from sunrise to sundown)...
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Bread and Roses at the Labor Day BBQ
By Leah Madsen Labor Day is the last hurrah of summer. Labor day is for firing up the grill, driving to the beach one last...
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