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 …
Student Fellows stand in front of the main gate at Theresienstadt on the 2019 Together, Restoring their Names trip to Prague. L-R: Kate Harrigan, Wellesley; Elan Kawesch, Brandeis; Jillian Fisch, Brandeis; Ariel Goldner, WPI; Katy Fowler, Wellesley; Narain Reddy, BU
In 2015, a group of lo…
Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) and Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) are deeply troubled by three incidents of attempted arson at two Chabad houses this week — one in Arlington and another in Needham. The suspects in both cases remain at large, and police are seeking assistan…
In 2008, the national economy went into a freefall that some have still not fully recovered from. The Boston Jewish community was forced to reckon with the previously hidden issue of Jewish poverty, and CJP responded by providing a record level of financial assistance to our social service a…
Since Shabbat morning, we have watched with deep concern a major escalation of violence in Israel. Over 600 rockets and mortar shells have been fired by terrorist groups in Gaza - each one an indiscriminate attack on civilian communities. And the rockets continue to fall.
These attacks have…
