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Hartman Learning With David Zvi Kalman

12/20/2022, 7:00 pm

Lehrhaus, Somerville

Free

Chanukah Party

12/19/2022, 7:00 pm

LICENSED ONLY FOR USE BY TEMPLE SHIR TIKVAH (WINCHESTER): Hanukkah sufganiyot, dreidel, latkes

$20

Post Election House Meeting

12/14/2022, 6:00 pm

I vote today stickers roll, in US elections on American flag.

Free

Slow Reading of Alfred Döblin’s Journey in Poland With Susanne Klingenstein

Up Next: 10/25/2022, 6:00 pm

Temple Emanuel, Newton

$150

Bentshmarking Your Synagogue’s Carbon Footprint

12/13/2022, 12:00 pm

Free

Meet and Greet With Nadav Tamir

12/8/2022, 7:00 pm

Temple Emanuel, Newton

Free

Religious Pluralism in Israel: On the Brink?

12/7/2022, 7:30 pm

Temple Sinai, Brookline

Free

Book Talk: “The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power”

12/5/2022, 5:30 pm

Northeastern University Renaissance Park, Boston

Golda Meir (Courtesy photo: Shocken Publishing House)

Free

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Protecting Abortion Rights: Pathways To Jewish Action

11/30/2022, 7:00 pm

United States Supreme Court Building in Washington DC, USA.

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A Call to Action Against Antisemitism

11/20/2022, 9:30 am

Temple Beth Shalom, Needham

The phrase " Zero tolerance for antisemitism " drawn on a carton banner in hand. A girl holds a cardboard with an inscription. Girls on the street. Protest, march. Rally.

Free

Israel flag with a view of old city Jerusalem and the KOTEL- Western wall

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In Treatment: Israel and the Jewish Psyche

11/17/2022, 8:00 pm

Temple Emanuel, Newton

Free

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Emma Gilbert ’26, Jared Silverman ’27, and Riley Miner ’25 at the Hillel Popsicle Pop-up at Brandeis University on August 28, 2023. Photo/Dan Holmes

9/12/2023 Top Pick

Fighting Antisemitism 101

Local campus Hillels are educating Jewish and non-Jewish students alike on how to combat antisemitism and cultivate allyship.

By Rich TenorioFor FaceJewishHate.org

9/11/2023 Top Pick

Israel Judicial Reform Update: Major Supreme Court Hearing

For the first time in the country’s history, all 15 Supreme Court judges will hear the case.

By Rebecca CaspiFor Jewish Federations of North America

9/7/2023 Top Pick

Diaspora Jews: Time To Take a Stand

This webinar features Yossi Klein Halevi, Daniel Gordis and Matti Friedman.

By The Times of Israel

9/1/2023 Top Pick

Answering the Call: From Boston to D.C.

The decision to march alongside CJP, in collaboration with ADL, speaks volumes about our collective determination.

By Rebeccah LipsonFor FaceJewishHate.org

8/31/2023 Top Pick

National Civil Rights March Affirms Social Action Begins at Home

A bus from our Greater Boston Jewish community traveled south to our nation’s capital to join thousands of Americans for the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington.

By Rabbi Marc BakerFor Jewish Journal

Helen Mirren in “GOLDA” (Photo: Sean Gleason/Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures)

8/29/2023 Top Pick

“GOLDA” Now in Theaters

By Mean Streets Management

8/28/2023 Top Pick

The 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington

The Jewish people came to support Black Americans; now it is time to stand up and give back, even as we continue to fight discrimination.

By Clarence B. JonesFor The Boston Globe

8/22/2023 Top Pick

Long Before Hillel, Jews Found a Home at MIT

In the 1920s, many elite U.S. schools began limiting the number of Jews they would accept. But at MIT, the Jewish community—and the Institute’s Menorah Society—continued to grow.

By Simson GarfinkelFor MIT Technology Review

8/2/2023 Top Pick

“Be The Change”: Art as Activism and Empowerment

Seven diverse local artists focus on social justice issues in a public art exhibit opening Aug. 2.

By Jewish Arts Collaborative

7/30/2023 Top Pick

Jewish, Black Communities Must Combat Hate Together

The New England Patriots owner and the award-winning rapper appeared together for a discussion on racism and antisemitism with Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.

By John Hilliard & Nick StoicoFor The Boston Globe

7/30/2023 Top Pick

Robert Kraft, Meek Mill Speak in One Voice Against Bigotry

On Sunday at the NAACP National Convention in Boston’s Seaport district, they spoke in one voice against racism and antisemitism.

By Esteban BustillosFor GBH News

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