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“From Swastika to Jim Crow” Film Screening

2/25/2024, 4:00 pm

Temple Ner Tamid, Peabody

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Congressman John Lewis (Photo: Shawn Calhoun/Flickr)

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Raymond Arsenault in Conversation With Colette Phillips

2/21/2024, 7:00 pm

Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Brookline, Brookline

Free

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Havdalah With Nova Festival Survivors Daniel and Neria Sharabi

2/17/2024, 7:00 pm

Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Brookline, Brookline

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JCAN-MA Open Networking Meeting

2/15/2024, 7:00 pm

Free

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Policy Perspectives in Israeli and Palestinian Society

2/21/2024, 6:00 pm

An aerial view of the Al-Rimal neighborhood in the center of the Gaza Strip

Free

Ehud Olmert 12th prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009

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Ehud Olmert on the War With Hamas & the Road to a Brighter Future

2/12/2024, 12:30 pm

Free

Zoom In With JPro: Conflict Management

2/12/2024, 12:00 pm

Free

Religious Action Center L’Taken Social Justice Seminar

2/9/2024

$550

Jewish Journal Editor and Publisher Steven A. Rosenberg

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A Reporter’s Notebook: From the Frontlines in Israel

2/8/2024, 7:30 pm

Congregation Shirat Hayam, Swampscott

Free

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This statue of George Washington stands regally in the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located at the Arlington Street gate which faces Commonwealth Avenue, and was sculpted by Thomas Ball in 1869.

2/20/2024 Top Pick

Presidents’ Day Reminds Us of Our Nation’s Values

A Jew, George Washington proclaimed, would be able to ‘sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree … none to make him afraid.’

By Leonard SaxeFor The Boston Globe

2/20/2024 Top Pick

Antisemitic Group Targets City Meetings

A group called the Goyim Defense League has reportedly disrupted meetings in Worcester and Framingham.

By Phillip MartinFor GBH News

2/20/2024 Top Pick

Harvard Gets Congressional Subpoena Over Antisemitism Probe

A congressional committee has sent subpoenas to three university officials as part of a probe into antisemitism at the Ivy League school.

By Janet LorinFor Boston.com

2/16/2024 Top Pick

Antisemitism, Safety Fears Rise Among American Jews

About 60% of American Jews are feeling less safe than they did one year ago, an AJC survey finds.

By Maddie KhawFor The Boston Globe

2/16/2024 Top Pick

From the Devastation, Communities Rise

By Kate WhitneyFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

2/15/2024 Top Pick

Yahel Israel: A Personal Perspective

Calling the next generation of leaders in social change.

By Michael CassFor Yahel Israel

2/15/2024 Top Pick

Why the Most Educated People in America Fall For Anti-Semitic Lies

At Harvard and elsewhere, an old falsehood is capturing new minds.

By Dara HornFor The Atlantic

Idit Klein writing about her women's leadership trip to Israel.

2/15/2024 Top Pick

Still We Build

Together with 11 other women in leadership in the Boston Jewish community, we met with our counterparts in Israel—feminist leaders of women’s rights.

By Idit KleinFor Hebrew College

Dr. Clarence B. Jones and Robert Kraft Super Bowl ad advertisement Foundation to Combat Antisemitism

2/15/2024 Top Pick

Super Bowl Ad Aims To Fight Antisemitism

By Jeff SaperstoneFor NBC10 Boston

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