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An Evening of Remembrance & Hope: Watch the Powerful Commemoration of Oct. 7

By Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

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Leket Israel’s Food Innovation, With Boston’s Support

By Gilad Skolnick

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Bringing a Lifetime of Skills to a Year of Service

By Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

Events

UC Berkeley campus in California. (Photo credit: BRAINCHILDVN/FLICKR/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

Top Pick

Careful Considerations: Antisemitism on Campus

12/5/2024, 12:00 pm

Free

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Understanding the Israel of Today With Donniel Hartman

12/3/2024, 7:30 pm

Temple Shir Tikva, Wayland

Free

Joan Leegant: Author Talk & Book Signing

12/3/2024, 7:30 pm

Hebrew College, Newton

Free

Donniel Hartman Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

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Understanding the Israel of Today With Donniel Hartman

12/2/2024, 8:00 pm

Temple Emanuel, Newton

Free

After October 7th: The End of the Post-Holocaust Era

11/20/2024, 8:00 pm

Temple Emanuel, Newton

Free

Community Impact

1/18/2024 Top Pick

A Home in a Time of Hopelessness

By Judith FormanFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

1/18/2024 Top Pick

A Brotherhood of Healing

By Judith FormanFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

1/15/2024 Top Pick

Program Launched To Strengthen Druze Resilience During War

By Caroline HaïatFor i24news

1/12/2024 Top Pick

Epstein Hillel School Leads Effort To Help Kibbutz

On Dec.10, 175 people gathered in Marblehead for a charity walk sponsored by Epstein Hillel School to raise money for Kibbutz Nahal Oz.

By Jewish Journal

Voices From Our Community

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10/7/2024 Top Pick

Let Oct. 7 Be About Oct. 7

By Jeremy BurtonFor The Boston Globe

10/4/2024 Top Pick

Our Son Was Kidnapped on Oct. 7. The US and Israel Need To Do More.

By Hagit & Ruby ChenFor The Boston Globe

10/2/2024 Top Pick

5785: All of This Will Happen Again

Oct. 7 opened up a portal to a kind of suffering that many people of my generation had never experienced. Will next year be any better? I have thoughts.

By Dan Brosgol

10/2/2024 Top Pick

Contemplating Home Through Music

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Jewish Arts Collaborative

Ways to Help

Resources

4/11/2024 Top Pick

Seder Interrupted: A Post-October 7 Haggadah Supplement

By Academy for Jewish Religion

4/11/2024 Top Pick

Bringing the Hostages to Your Seder: Seder Supplement

How might we integrate hope for the return of our hostages into our seders this year? How might we meaningfully engage an intergenerational group at the seder table?

By Everyone Counts

High angle view of university students sitting on stairs and discussing studies. Young people studying in college campus.

3/12/2024 Top Pick

How Students Can Address Anti-Israel Activity on Campus

As anti-Israel voices protest on campus, how can Jewish students find a safe space?

By Rich TenorioFor FaceJewishHate.org

11/27/2023 Top Pick

Want To Learn More About the Middle East? Start Here.

Many Americans want to know more about the troubled region. But they’re largely on their own because we tend to learn very little about it in school.

By The Editorial BoardFor The Boston Globe

11/7/2023 Top Pick

Request Housing and Other Assistance

If you are Israeli or someone with dual Israeli/American citizenship and need assistance, fill out this form to find temporary housing and other relevant support.

By JFS Metrowest

11/4/2023 Top Pick

Mapping the Massacres

This interactive map serves as a reflection and an educational tool, promoting awareness of the gravity of the horrors.

By October 7th Geo-visualization Project

News

9/2/2024 Top Pick

Growing Memorial in Brookline Pays Tribute to Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Boston-area community members are mourning the deaths of six hostages killed in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who had ties to New England.

By Kimberly BookmanFor 7 News Boston

8/19/2024 Top Pick

Immersive Exhibit in Boston Calls for the Release of Hostages

The exhibit held on Boston’s City Hall Plaza runs through Aug. 20.

By Lindsay ShachnowFor Boston.com

7/19/2024 Top Pick

Jewish Summer Camp Welcomes Israeli Girls to Boston

This summer’s initiative is the third time that children from Sderot have joined Camp Gan Israel Shaloh House. “I feel much safer,” Levi said in Hebrew through a translator.

By Natalie La Roche PietriFor The Boston Globe

Brandeis University, President Ron Liebowitz, Dan Holmes

6/7/2024 Top Pick

Jewish Colleges Open Doors Wide To Transfer Students

Responding to anti-war protests, this semester Brandeis University president Ron Liebowitz pledged to make the campus in Waltham a refuge from “Jew hatred.”

By Kirk CarapezzaFor GBH News

Matisyahu, Idan Raichel, We Will Dance Again, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Leora Kimmel Greene

5/24/2024 Top Pick

Concert at MIT Promotes Jewish Unity, Joy

Matisyahu and Idan Raichel were among the headliners in an event intended to promote positive vibes for Boston-area Jews.

By Rich TenorioFor The Times of Israel

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5/22/2024 Top Pick

On Campus, a New Social Litmus Test: Zionist or Not?

Zionist Jews, as well as Jews ambivalent over Israel, say they feel pressured to choose sides over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

By Joseph BernsteinFor The New York Times

Yuval Spiegler and his daughter Ella, 6, listened during the “We Will Dance Again,” event at MIT.DANIELLE PARHIZKARAN/GLOBE STAFF

5/17/2024 Top Pick

A Time for Israeli Celebration at MIT

A crowd of hundreds gathered on MIT’s Hockfield Court for a series of performances honoring Israeli lives lost in the ongoing war.

By Lila Hempel-EdgersFor The Boston Globe

5/14/2024 Top Pick

Israeli Artists Form Jewish-Arab Hip-Hop Group To Inspire Others To Create Together

Two Israeli artists are working together to create a different reality in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

By Paul BurtonFor WBZ News

Standing With Israel

We’re sharing stories of impact, lifting the voices of survivors and their loved ones, and connecting our community to events and resources to help process our collective grief and healing after 10/7.