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We are honored that CJP's President and CEO Rabbi Marc Baker had the opportunity to offer a blessing at Mayor Michelle Wu’s State of the City Address on March 19, 2025, joining fellow faith leaders in opening the evening.
The State of the City is an important moment to reflect on ou…
Dear Friends,
Today is the holiday of Purim, a story that took place 2,500 years ago, but one that also feels too relevant right now. The Book of Esther, which tells the Purim story, is an extraordinary work of literature. It includes satirical commentary on diaspora Jewry, vapid leaders an…
Dear Friends,
What an intense time this is for our country, Israel, and the world.
I continue to watch this precarious hostage deal and ceasefire in Israel, holding my breath in the hope that the hostages in this first phase are returned and outraged that the remaining hostages continu…
Dear Friends,
I will never forget my first trip to Poland, a pilgrimage to visit the darkest places of my people’s history, of human history. I saw the remnants of the horrors of the Holocaust with my own eyes and stood on the hallowed ground of death camps.
Today is International Holo…
Dear Friends,
Last night I had the great honor of giving the benediction after Governor Maura Healey’s State of the Commonwealth Address. As a 4th-generation Bostonian, it was especially meaningful to me. I’m not sure that my great-grandparents raising their new American families in C…
