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Evaluating Israel’s Economic Resilience Amidst Conflict

5/16/2024, 7:00 pm

Financial data on a monitor,Stock market data on LED display concept

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Matisyahu, Danny Murtaugh, @memorycardfull

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We Will Dance Again: Uniting in Rhythm

5/16/2024, 5:00 pm

Hockfield Court, Cambridge

$36

“Shoshana” Film Screening

5/16/2024, 4:00 pm

Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline

$16

The Climate Crisis: An Israeli Perspective

5/14/2024, 7:00 pm

Israel. Wind generator - wind farm on Mount Gilboa. Modern equipment for generating electric energy. The concept of environmental protection and photo tourism

Free

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Web Series With David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel

5/13/2024, 12:00 pm

Free

Lifesavers: Preventing the End of the World

5/9/2024, 6:30 pm

The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, Boston

NASA, DART, Dimorphos, Didymos, John Hopkins APL, Steve Gribben

$10

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Findings From Sentiment Survey of U.S. Jewish Life Post 10/7

5/9/2024, 4:00 pm

Free

Israel Education Leadership Cohort Final Session

5/9/2024, 9:30 am

Hebrew College, Newton

Free

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Our World After October 7: How Do We Manage Our Anxiety?

5/5/2024, 10:30 am

Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Brookline, Brookline

Free

Community Solar Press Event With Rep. Lori Trahan

5/5/2024, 9:30 am

Congregation Beth Elohim, Acton

Lori Trahan, Congress, US House of Representatives, Representative Lori Trahan, Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district

Free

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4/28/2024 Top Pick

More Than 1,000 Gather to Protest Antisemitism After Campus Protests

By Paul BurtonFor WBZ News

Group of young people sitting in a circle and talking to psychiatrist during a therapy

4/26/2024 Top Pick

How Four Boston-Area Jews Are Thinking About Passover This Year

Radio Boston marks and reflects on this year's Passover holiday with four members of our local Jewish community.

By Yasmin Amer & Tiziana DearingFor WBUR

4/25/2024 Top Pick

College Students in MA Camp Out to Protest War in Gaza

WCVB Channel 5 spoke with CJP president and CEO Rabbi Marc Baker before Passover about the troubling rise in antisemitism on campus.

By Sharman SacchettiFor WCVB Channel 5

A modern Jewish American family celebrates Passover together. The youngest person at the seder, a little boy, is asking the Four Questions (Mah Nishtanah). These questions provide the impetus for telling why this night is different from all other nights.

4/22/2024 Top Pick

There Is No Unifying Story for Passover This Year

By Daniel OsbornFor WBUR

4/21/2024 Top Pick

Anxieties About Middle East Conflict Hover Over Passover Celebrations

Some Jews worry this year’s celebration may be marred by a war in the Middle East that shows little sign of slowing down.

By Daniel KoolFor The Boston Globe

4/19/2024 Top Pick

Creating Safe Spaces for Jewish Teenagers Amid Rising Antisemitism Reports

JSU, Jewish Student Union, is a subset of an Orthodox Jewish organization created with the goal of getting Jewish youth to connect with their heritage.

By Shira StollFor NBC10 Boston

4/18/2024 Top Pick

Antisemitic Incidents in New England Soared 205% in 2023

By Anti-Defamation League

Friends, Friendship, Comforting, Support, Consoling, Consolation

4/15/2024 Top Pick

As Antisemitism Rises, Check on Jewish Friends

There are many reasons in America and abroad why your Jewish friends might not be OK.

By Ed Gaskin

Magen David, Star of David, Passover, Pesach, Matzo, Matzah

4/15/2024 Top Pick

Four More Questions: 2024 Edition

Pesach is here, so it’s time for my annual grab-bag of four more questions about what might happen between this Passover and the next. Sally forth, tally ho.

By Dan Brosgol

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