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Boston Israeli Film Festival Highlights Complexities & Diversity

By Judy Bolton-Fasman

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2/13/2023 Top Pick

A School Librarian Recommends Books on Inclusion

Rashi’s Julie Koven shares her favorite titles.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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2/13/2023 Top Pick

A Black Man’s Guide to Avoiding Antisemitic Remarks

What one man has learned on his Jewish journey.

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2/13/2023 Top Pick

Forgotten Black-Jewish Alliances Showcased Downtown

Lifelong friends Deb Putnoi and Karl McLaurin celebrate Black History Month in Boston with an art exhibit honoring the relationship between Black people and Jews.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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2/8/2023 Top Pick

Digital Inclusion: How To Make Your Online Events Accessible for All

By Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

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2/7/2023 Top Pick

The Grace and Dysfunction of a Fictional Family

In “Small World,” Cambridge resident Laura Zigman explores the dynamic between two divorced sisters who move in together after their chronically ill sibling dies.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

2/7/2023 Top Pick

Educating Kids About Antisemitism Through Film

SITCA, an initiative of Boston Jewish Film, is building on a successful screening in Framingham last November.

By Rich TenorioFor JewishBoston

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2/7/2023 Top Pick

Honoring Jewish Disability and Inclusion in Our Community

By Ruderman Synagogue Inclusion Project

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2/7/2023 Top Pick

“Alfred’s Journey To Be Liked” Teaches Kids Social Cues

Alfred might be different. But that’s an asset, says Newton author Jill Ebstein.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

Syrian rescue teams carry a casualty picked up from the rubble after an earthquake in the government-controlled central Syrian city of Hama on February 6, 2023. - A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on February 6, killing hundreds of people as they slept, levelling buildings and sending tremors that were felt as far away as the island of Cyprus, Egypt and Iraq. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

2/6/2023 Top Pick

Israel To Send Earthquake Relief to Syria and Turkey

Israel to send tents, medication, blankets, could receive wounded for medical treatment; first of two Israeli teams to head for Turkey tonight.

By Lazar Berman and Amy SpiroFor The Times of Israel

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2/3/2023 Top Pick

Observe Black History Month Using These Jewish Resources

Black History Month is an opportunity to celebrate the history and achievements of Black people while looking toward a more equitable and just future.

By Union for Reform Judaism

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2/3/2023 Top Pick

How I Learned To Embrace My Black and Jewish Heritage

By Davon LoebFor Jewish Book Council

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2/3/2023 Top Pick

9 Things You Need To Know About the Black-Jewish Relationship

To advance Black-Jewish relations, the two groups must “find their commonalities more notable than their differences.”

By Sara HimelesFor Unpacked

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2/3/2023 Top Pick

Two New Grants Increase Focus on Day School Affordability

The Krupps have given their latest $2 million challenge grant to the Rashi School, a Reform Jewish elementary and middle school near Boston.

By Ben SalesFor Jewish Insider

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2/2/2023 Top Pick

Hebrew College Will Admit Students Whose Partners Aren’t Jewish

This makes them the second major rabbinical school in the United States to do away with rules barring students from dating or marrying non-Jews.

By Philissa CramerFor Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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1/31/2023 Top Pick

The Importance of Nuance in the Middle East

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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1/30/2023 Top Pick

Paralegals. Paramedics. Now There Are Pararabbis.

For those interested in serving the Jewish community, there is an alternative to the many years of rabbinical study. You can now train to be a pararabbi.

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1/30/2023 Top Pick

“Unorthodox” Meets “Broad City” in New Israeli TV Show

In “Chanshi,” an Orthodox woman from Brooklyn goes to Israel to experience sexual freedom.

By Lawrence GoodmanFor Brandeis University

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1/30/2023 Top Pick

Through A Mother’s Lens

Photographing her adult children, Becky Behar reaches across generations to stop time and share fleeting moments in new exhibit, “Interlaced.”

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

Hologram-like video testimony from Holocaust survivor David Schaecter will serve as the final exhibit in the future Boston Holocaust museum, slated to open in 2025.Courtesy of the Boston Holocaust Museum

1/30/2023 Top Pick

Holocaust Survivor Records Testimony for Future Museum

A new Holocaust museum in Boston will include a holographic exhibit featuring Schaecter's testimony about the murder of his family and his survival.

By Alison KuznitzFor Mass Live

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