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Rabbi Marc Baker
Rabbi Marc Baker leads CJP's mission to strengthen Jewish life and build community across Greater Boston. His biweekly reflections offer insights on philanthropy, community building, and Jewish values in action. He has served in Jewish communal leadership for over two decades, focusing on innovation in community care and sustainable impact.
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May 26, 2026
What Still Connects Us — Especially Now
Last week, I spent several meaningful days in Israel. Across every conversation I had, I encountered people thinking seriously about Israel’s biggest challenges and working with urgency and determinat..
May 22, 2026
When You Show Up, Anything Is Possible
For nearly 130 years, a contribution to CJP has been an act of hope — an investment in our shared future. Take a look at all we’ve done by standing together with our Jewish community in Greater Boston..
May 20, 2026
Hope and Strength
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the magnitude of challenges in the world today. It’s important to be honest and clear-eyed about the reality in which we live if we’re going to have any shot at making ..
May 15, 2026
Closing 2025 With Gratitude and Jewish Purpose
Dear Friends, 2025 was another intense and tumultuous year. Looking back, the number and magnitude of challenges and threats to the Jewish People and Israel felt daunting in so many ways. Yet, as I re..
May 15, 2026
A Hanukkah Message from Rabbi Marc Baker
Dear Friends, Hanukkah is a time when we gather with family and community in the light of the menorah, reminded that we as Jews never face the darkness alone. In my video reflections above, I draw ins..
May 15, 2026
Gratitude, Thanksgiving, and Fighting Antisemitism
More than 260 years ago at the Touro Synagogue in Newport, RI, Rabbi Isaac Touro gave what is believed to be the first Hebrew Thanksgiving sermon praising England’s King George III for protecting Newp..
May 15, 2026
The Power of Jewish Storytelling
Every time I come into CJP’s offices, I walk by an inspiring quote that happens to come from Vayera, this week’s Torah portion: “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?” God says in the text,..
May 15, 2026
Jewish Resilience and Community After the Hostages Return
This week, we continue to feel a deep sense of relief and joy as the living hostages have finally returned home to Israel. For months, we have prayed, hoped, and worked for this moment; though we stil..
May 15, 2026
Reflections on October 7: Two Years Later
Tomorrow is October 7, and marks two years since Hamas brutally attacked Israel, killing over 1,200 people, taking more than 250 hostages, and starting a horrific war. Most of us can remember exactly ..
May 15, 2026
A High Holiday Message from Rabbi Marc Baker
Dear Friends, The High Holidays are a time for family and community, and a period when — as Abraham Joshua Heschel says — “A Jew never stands alone.” In my video reflections, I draw inspiration from t..