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Family Room: Profiling the JFN Playgroup
by Julie Wolf, JFN Program Specialist Why is Thursday morning different from all other mornings -- at least at JFS? For many families, Thursday mornings...
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Chosen Eats: 2013 - The Year of the Bagel
I’ve always loved January 1st. I’m allowed to sleep in late and spend the whole day in my pajamas, lazing about the house thinking about...
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Haifa Young Leaders volunteer at "Parents at the Center"
On the tenth of December, the second day of Hanukkah, the Volunteering Subcommittee of the Boston-Haifa Connection Young Leadership Committee organized a festive event...
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How the Jews Transposed Broadway
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy, the new PBS documentary scheduled to air on January 1, explores the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in...
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Arts & Culture
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Four Questions with Ben Pernick, Cartoonist and Musician
Webcomic fans, rejoice! Ben Pernick, the man behind Turbo Sloth, is relaunching his comic on December 26. When he's not posting – which he'll be...
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20s & 30s
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Entrepreneurship with a Social Mission
Two years after starting Yazamim B’Jeans (“Entrepreneurs in Jeans”), the CJP Boston- Haifa Connection’s flagship young entrepreneurs program based in Haifa, we were honored...
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Israel & Overseas
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Chosen Eats: The Cream of the Crop
The culinary world is full of things that aren’t what they seem. Century eggs haven’t actually been around for 100 years, headcheese isn’t available in...
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Food
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The Christmas Survival Guide... for Jews!
Growing up in America, we might feel like we know everything there is to know about Christmas. I mean, it's everywhere, from television specials to...
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I'm considering converting but am afraid of Jews questioning my status. Will that happen if I go to synagogue?
Laura Bauer asks: Hi. I am considering conversion but am afraid of born Jews questioning my status. Will people question me if I visit a synagogue? ...
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Judaism & Spirituality
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Parenting Thoughts at a Time of Grieving
The grief of the past few days has been unimaginable. Many of us are torn between watching and listening to the 24/7 onslaught of media...
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