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10/20/2023 Top Pick

New Exhibition at Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center

Yiddish—the language and culture—is part of the modern Jewish story.

By A.Z. MadonnaFor The Boston Globe

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9/13/2023 Top Pick

Four New Books Show How Varied Jewish Cooking Really Is

It’s not just chopped liver. Wherever they settled, Jews, like today’s immigrants worldwide, adapted their cooking to the region.

By Sheryl JulianFor The Boston Globe

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7/17/2023 Top Pick

Jews in the Diaspora Aid Their Brethren in Ukraine Through Chabad Network

Ukrainefamilyconnection.com has raised more than $50,000 from donors in the Boston area for Ukrainians in need.

By JNS

Lehrhaus

5/11/2023 Top Pick

This Kosher Tavern Wants to Tell a Different Story About Jewish Food in America

A lesser-seen range of foods from the Jewish diaspora—from Yemen to Mexico to Ethiopia—is on display at Lehrhaus.

By Erika AdamsFor Eater Boston

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4/3/2023 Top Pick

Cork Finally Gets a Sefer Torah, Thanks To Boston Rabbi

Community leader travels to the States for the handover of the scroll, donated by a Boston congregation.

By Barry TobermanFor The Jewish Chronicle

Noam in Hungary

3/30/2023 Top Pick

Mriya (Hope) Amidst War

Camp Szarvas in Hungary has been transformed into a place of rejuvenation for Ukrainian Jews who have been experiencing the horrors of war for over a year.

By Noam BentovFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

Cantor Elias Rosemberg (Courtesy photo: Temple Emanuel)

3/8/2023 Top Pick

Celebrating 15 Years of Musical Shabbat Services

With Shabbat Alive, Cantor Elias Rosemberg brings a long-standing practice from South American Jewry to Temple Emanuel in Newton.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

Alex Linkov raises a kippah, in a symbol of a Jewish wedding contract, next to his wife Rimma. The pair had a Jewish wedding in Boston after being married decades earlier in Ukraine. (Photo by Igor Klimov)

2/15/2023 Top Pick

Couples Denied Jewish Weddings in the Soviet Union Just Got Married

The weddings were a training exercise for rabbinical students at Shaloh House, a Chabad initiative in Boston serving Russian-speaking Jews.

By Penny SchwartzFor Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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1/6/2023 Top Pick

Local Women Hope To Ignite a Spark in Our Community

Meet Amy Farber and Ruth Estrich—co-captains of CJP’s Spark North Shore cohort—who are excited to lead a group trip to Israel.

By Judith FormanFor Jewish Journal

Photography of Rav Claudia Kreiman at Temple Beth Zion Brookline.

12/21/2022 Top Pick

Rabbi Claudia Kreiman’s Rabbinate of Social Justice and Joyful Worship

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

Korea vs Uruguay in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Qatar (Courtesy photo: Heo Manjin/Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)

12/20/2022 Top Pick

Schrodinger’s Cup

It was an outstanding tournament, but was it worth it? Every rooting moment at this World Cup came at a steep price. Even though Argentina won, we all lost.