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4/30/2025 Top Pick

Shabbat Recipes: From the North of Israel to Your Dinner Table

Discover bold, flavorful Shabbat recipes from Israel’s Galilee region—where culinary tradition meets modern innovation at the Galilee Culinary Institute.

By Jewish National Fund-USA

(Photo: Benjavisa/iStock)

4/30/2025 Top Pick

Jewish Professionals Guide to Mental Health Awareness Month 2025

Resources and trainings to empower Jewish educators and professionals, reduce stigma and support the community.

By Jewish Teen Initiative

Jeremy Yamin

4/30/2025 Top Pick

CJP’s Communal Security Initiative in Action

When security threats arise, CJP’s Communal Security Initiative responds swiftly to protect and support our Jewish community.

By Jodi JarvisFor CJP Communal Security Initiative

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4/29/2025 Top Pick

When Rap and Accordion Collide

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Jewish Arts Collaborative

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4/29/2025 Top Pick

Jewish Culture in Full Bloom This May

Jewish culture takes center stage across Greater Boston—from City Hall celebrations to public art—honoring the vibrant legacy of Jewish American Heritage Month.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Jewish Arts Collaborative

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4/28/2025 Top Pick

Uncovering a Lost Chapter of Holocaust History in Serbia

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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4/28/2025 Top Pick

Mental Health Awareness Month

Find resources, support groups, programs and ways to get help, raise awareness and address mental health issues in Boston’s Jewish community.

By JewishBoston

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4/25/2025 Top Pick

Naomi Levy Reinvents Jewish Hospitality

From challah-infused cocktails to a Hanukkah-themed pop-up bar, Naomi Levy is putting a modern twist on Jewish tradition at Lehrhaus.

By Matt RobinsonFor Unpacked

Shprinzy Friedman New England Public Media

4/25/2025 Top Pick

A Jewish Baking Tradition Rises in the Age of Instagram

A cherished Jewish baking tradition, shlissel challah—symbolizing good fortune—finds new life and meaning through the lens of Instagram, blending age-old rituals with modern social media flair.

By Deena PrichepFor NPR

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4/23/2025 Top Pick

Ugat Biskvitim – A Beloved Israeli Treat

By Galit KonstantineFor Dushez Catering

Craig F. Walker

4/22/2025 Top Pick

ADL Reports Slight Increase in Antisemitic Events in New England Last Year Following Surge in 2023

Antisemitic incidents continued to occur at record numbers in New England last year, following a dramatic spike in 2023 in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

By Nick StoicoFor The Boston Globe

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4/22/2025 Top Pick

Israel at 77: A Nation in Waiting

By Noam BentovFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

Hanno Lans Joods Historisch Museum Prikkeldraadversperring op de Bushuissluis over de Kloveniersburgwal. Op de achtergrond de Nieuwe Hoogstraat.

4/17/2025 Top Pick

“Hiding in Holland” Tells a Holocaust Story in Two Voices

Scholar Shulamit Reinharz and her father, Max Rothschild, share a haunting, dual memoir of love, survival and defiance in Nazi-occupied Holland.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

ADI Make the Change Challenge grand prize winners Charlie Sobelman and Alice Dunn Epstein Hillel School

4/16/2025 Top Pick

Bright Ideas and Big Hearts: Local Students Win Grand STEM Prize

Two sixth graders from Epstein Hillel School designed a playful, practical solution for kids with feeding tubes—and took home the top prize.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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4/16/2025 Top Pick

Rabbi Friedman’s Joyful Anthem for Climate Action

On April 27 in Roslindale, meet the local rabbi and activist whose new picture book turns climate grief into collective hope—through music, community and Jewish values.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

Doni Zasloff, right, and Eric Lindberg at The Parlor Room in “We Sing Nonetheless” (Courtesy: Raffi Roy/Upstander Project)

4/16/2025 Top Pick

“We Sing Nonetheless” – A Jewish Bluegrass Journey Across America

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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