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6/18/2025 Top Pick

What Can You Do About Antisemitism? Start Here.

None of us can solve antisemitism alone, but we can choose how we show up in this moment.

By Lauren KornFor eJewish Philanthropy

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6/18/2025 Top Pick

She’s 90. As Part of the Last Generation of Holocaust Survivors, She’s Racing To Tell Her Story.

Janet Applefield was 4 when the Nazis invaded Poland. Now, she is looking for the next generation of witnesses.

By Shira StollFor The Boston Globe

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6/18/2025 Top Pick

Antisemitism Is on the Rise in Mass. What Will We Do About It?

A brick with the words “Free Palestine,” thrown through the window of The Butcherie in Brookline, is the latest in a series of incidents.

By Samantha JosephFor The Boston Globe

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6/17/2025 Top Pick

Boston Hillel Working on Getting Students Out of Israel

As Israel shuts down its main airport amid conflict with Iran, a Boston Jewish group works to help American college students leave the country safely.

By 7 News Boston

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6/17/2025 Top Pick

Boston-Area Grassroots Change Takes Root Through Allyship Grants

CJP’s Center for Combating Antisemitism has opened a second round of Ally Challenge grants for grassroots projects that build bridges between Jews and allies.

By Molly KazanFor CJP’s Center for Combating Antisemitism

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6/15/2025 Top Pick

Jewish Bostonians Rally for Kosher Grocery Hit With ‘Free Palestine’ Brick

“It was an attack on the Boston Jewish community,” the owner of The Butcherie in Brookline, Mass., told JNS.

By JNS

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6/13/2025 Top Pick

The Power of Musical Kabbalat Shabbat

On certain Friday nights in Cambridge, song, spirit, and community come together to open the gates of Shabbat at Base Boston.

By Rabbi Jackson MercerFor Base BSTN

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6/12/2025 Top Pick

Therapists Call Out Post-Oct. 7 Jewish Distress: ‘Traumatic Invalidation’

Miri Bar-Halpern and Jaclyn Wolfman strike a nerve with a paper about the mental toll of being told your distress and fears don’t count.

By Andrew Silow-CarrollFor Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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6/12/2025 Top Pick

From Campus to Capitol Hill: BU Student Fights Antisemitism

With advocacy tools and national allies, Eduardo Kornworcel is turning grassroots action into real change.

By Orthodox Union Advocacy Center

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6/12/2025 Top Pick

From the Rubble of War to a New Beginning

Powered by Boston’s entrepreneurial spirit.

By Avnet Kleiner, Oshrat Gafni-Moyal & Hilla Perlman-PnielFor CJP’s Boston-Haifa Connection

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6/11/2025 Top Pick

How One Sudbury School Is Fighting Antisemitism

A student-led project tackles the origins of hate crimes.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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6/10/2025 Top Pick

Tutti Druyan’s Newest Hit? Music With a Mission for Little Learners

By Penny SchwartzFor JewishBoston

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6/10/2025 Top Pick

Pride Safe: Resources for Pride

Find resources, training, and support you need to show up with pride — for your communities, your institutions, and yourselves.

By A Wider Bridge

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6/10/2025 Top Pick

Take your pride season to the next level and celebrate your Jewish identity with the brand new A Wider Bridge pride in a box!

By A Wider Bridge

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6/10/2025 Top Pick

5 Jewish Rituals to Celebrate Pride Month

Pride Month honors LGBTQ+ joy, resilience, and identity. Explore five Jewish rituals to celebrate, reflect, and connect—your way.

By Recustom

“Bridges of Agreement—Conflict Resolution and Restorative Justice in Academia”

6/9/2025 Top Pick

Bridges of Agreement: Conflict Resolution in Academia

On Jan. 15, 2024, Givat Haviva held a seminar for 30-plus Haifa University staff on conflict resolution and justice in academia after Oct. 7.

By Givat HavivaFor CJP’s Boston-Haifa Connection

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6/9/2025 Top Pick

CJP’s Reach in Israel Continues to Grow

A partnership with Project Horizon offers key support to 54 communities.

By Kara BaskinFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

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6/6/2025 Top Pick

Local Antisemitism Awareness in Response to Two Attacks

After recent antisemitic attacks, I’m urging fellow Christians to stand visibly with our Jewish neighbors and reject collective blame.

By Stephen Van EveraFor The Lexington Observer

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6/4/2025 Top Pick

LGBTQ+ Jewish Resources for Pride Month and Beyond

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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5/27/2025 Top Pick

What To Know About Jewish Summer Camp This Year

A camp insider on how Jewish camps are meeting this moment.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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5/23/2025 Top Pick

From Student to Leader: The Lasting Impact of Being a Madricha

Hebrew school ends in seventh grade—unless it doesn’t. How being a madricha taught me the real meaning of learning, leading and showing up.

By Hannah LeimanFor Jewish Teen Initiative

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