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Jul 25, 2023

Connecting to community: “Spark was the launchpad we needed”

After three years of living in Los Angeles, Brett Gershkowitz and Michael Vonnoh were ready to come home.

In November 2022, the couple — who married two months earlier — moved back to Boston. Shortly after, a friend told them about CJP’s upcoming Spark experience, a celebration of…

Jul 25, 2023

Making a bigger difference

This year, your generosity created big impact throughout our Jewish community. We’re so grateful for all you do! You helped ignite passion in the next generation for Jewish life, care for those in need, and ensure our community was safe, secure, and thriving.

Read on for a few highligh…

Jul 24, 2023

A “fabulous opportunity”: opening a CGA with CJP

Barbara Glazerman and her husband, Michael, have always been involved in charitable giving. They knew it was important to keep the Jewish community strong and supported, so they contributed in whatever way they could, whenever they could, over the years. But now that they’re long retir…

Jul 24, 2023

Light, love, and leadership: a conversation with Shira Goodman

Apr 10, 2023

A family’s legacy of giving: supporting seniors through endowment

In 1977, Vivian Freeman was a young widow looking to continue the legacy of her late husband, Herb, a devoted CJP donor and volunteer.

Vivian, who lived in Newton, decided to seed an endowment fund to help improve the lives of seniors throughout Greater Boston. Although her husband, who was…