CJP News & Announcements

Welcoming our Haifa family to Boston

In the last week of October, we marked the 30-year anniversary of the Boston-Haifa Connection (BHC), a unique sister city relationship that has helped to forge meaningful connections between our Jewish communities.

Nearly 60 Israelis spent a week learning and envisioning the future with us …

CJP, JCRC Condemn Synagogue Attack in Germany

CJP, JCRC, and Greater Boston’s Jewish community are filled with grief for the victims of a brazen attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany. Timed to occur during Yom Kippur, one of the holiest and most solemn days on the Jewish calendar, the attack came as dozens of worshippers were inside…

Q&A with our 2020 Annual Campaign Co-chairs

Marjorie Patkin is returning for a second year at the helm of CJP’s Annual Campaign and welcoming Co-chair and fellow CJP Board member Adam Suttin. Together, they are rallying support to strengthen and sustain our diverse and thriving Jewish community. Marjorie and Adam took time to answe…

Boston-Haifa Connection Statement on Death of Israeli Teen


Salomon Tekah as immortalized by graffiti artist Shimon Wanda, at a Boston-Haifa community vigil last Thursday.

There was disturbing news this week about how Salomon Tekah, a young 19-year-old Ethiopian-Israeli, died when an off-duty policeman fired his weapon when confronting a group of t…

2019 Rose Ruderman Scholars continue a legacy of kindness

The 2019 Rose Ruderman Scholars receive their honors. L-R: Sharon Shapiro (Ruderman Family Foundation), Myrna Lipsky, Leah Weinreb (Torah Academy), Devorah Leah Posner (New England Hebrew Academy), Miriam Polter (Bais Yaakov of Boston), Marcia Ruderman, Ness Epstein (Striar Hebrew Academy …