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Oct 31, 2014

TRIBUTE TO MAYOR THOMAS MENINO FROM COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES

It is with sadness that the Jewish community mourns the loss of Mayor Thomas Menino.  Mayor Menino was a friend to every neighborhood and citizen of the City of Boston, and to every visitor. Throughout his two-decade career, he helped to build strong neighborhoods, strong connections, and d…

Oct 22, 2014

Jewish community is rallying to help Ebola victims

In the past few weeks, all of us have had to consider the threat that Ebola poses, both in Africa and in the United States. We are fortunate to have access to sophisticated medical services, and the danger to the United States is relatively small in comparison to West Africa, where tens of t…

Oct 21, 2014

Bringing Jewish Values to Life

Values in Action is a program co-sponsored by CJP and Cohen Hillel Academy in Marblehead that engages parents in guided conversations on Jewish values, and then gets the whole family involved in hands-on community service activities.

Oct 21, 2014

Creating Inclusive Synagogues in Greater Boston

This October, three local synagogues will kick off the second phase of the Ruderman Synagogue Inclusion Project (RSIP), which is designed to support synagogues in creating communities where people of all abilities are valued equally and participate fully. With funding generously provided by …

Oct 13, 2014

Israel in Crisis: Our Partners’ Work

Boston’s Jewish community stood with Israel throughout the summer of 2014 with rallies, advertisements in local newspapers, pro-Israel speakers and community support totaling $2,322,850 for CJP’s Israel in Crisis Fund.

More than 4,500 rockets and mortar shells were launched at Israeli c…