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Oct 1, 2015

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Boston’s Jewish Young Adults: We’re Sukkahs for Innovation

Chag Sameach! Sukkot is off to quite the start, with the supermoon total eclipse on the first night and a tropical storm rolling through on the third day. The storm has tested the limits of everyone’s sukkahs!

If you’ve ever had a chance to sukkah hop, you know how much individuality ea…

Sep 24, 2015

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Growing into (Jewish) Adulthood

By Reuben Posner, Director of Youth Engagement

If you ever want see a friend or colleague light up (or maybe grimace) ask them to share a memory from when they were teenagers. Often the memories come flooding back—moments of joy and moments of embarrassment. For teens, everything is more…

Sep 10, 2015

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What Jewish History Teaches Us During the High Holidays

By: Barry Shrage, President of CJP

As the late Rabbi Soloveitchik said, when defining the Jewish faith, we must think of ourselves as a congregation; that is, a group of individuals possessing a common past, a common future, common goals and desires, a common aspiration for a world which i…

Aug 21, 2015

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Yalla! Exploring Israel with the Patriots’ Julian Edelman

By Dan Seligson, CJP Staff and Young Adult Israel Mission Co-Leader

Sometime between the eighth and ninth blizzard of the Worst Winter Ever, I was asked, very quietly and discretely, whether I would be available to “staff a trip to Israel with Julian Edelman.” I think I recall reacting …

Aug 18, 2015

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The Magic of Israel: How Birthright Changed Me Forever

UMASS student Carly Korman shares her magical experience while on Birthright in Israel.