Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival Celebrates Life Through a Jewish Lens
The Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival will present two weeks of award-winning films from around the world,... Read more
Community Leadership Day highlights ‘Leader in Me’
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A Connection to Israel
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- Camp-Themed Purim Carnival at Springfield JCC
- Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival Celebrates Life Through a Jewish Lens
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New Chorale in the Berkshires
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JCA Class on the Book of Job
Spiritual Transformation in the Book of Job AMHERST – A 4-session course based on the Book of Job, a work of moral outrage and spiritual transformation, will be held on… Read more
Sons of Zion to Celebrate 110 Years
HOLYOKE – Congregation Sons of Zion will celebrate Purim and its 110th Anniversary on March 16 at the synagogue, at 378 Maple Street. Costumes are optional, but encouraged, as they… Read more
Dr. Michelle Anfang to Be Honored at Sandi Kupperman Learning Center
SPRINGFIELD – The Sandi Kupperman Learning Center at Temple Beth El is sponsoring its biannual fundraiser on Saturday, March 29 at 70 p.m. at Temple Beth El, 979 Dickinson St…. Read more
HFLA College Seminar Set for March 18
SPRINGFIELD – The task of finding the right college fit lies ahead and it can be both daunting and complex. Additionally, the economy has declined and college costs have risen,… Read more
A weekend of learning at JCA with Professor Joshua Jacobson
AMHERST – Professor Joshua Jacobson, musical director and founder of the Zamir Chorale of Boston, will be the scholar-in-residence at the Jewish Community of Amherst March 21-23. On Friday March… Read more
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Prof. Vera Schwarcz at Forest Park Minyan of B’nai Torah
SPRINGFIELD – Forest Park Minyan of Congregation B’nai Torah welcomes Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Vera Schwarcz, Freeman Chair in East Asian studies at Wesleyan University on Shabbat, Nov. 15-16, 124 Sumner Ave. Springfield. Dr. Schwarcz will present:… Read more
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Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival Celebrates Life Through a Jewish Lens
The Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival will present two weeks of award-winning films from around the world, plus speakers and special events, from March 20 – April 6. In all,… Read more
- Puppets bring story of Rose Valland to life in North Adams
- 2014 Central Mass Jewish Film Festival begins January 18
- Puppets bring story of Rose Valland to life in North Adams
MA Milestones
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B’NAI MITZVAH
SAMUEL BORENSTEIN, son of Lydia and Jeff Borenstein, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, March 1 at Congregation Beth Israel in Worcester. KAYLEIGH JOHNSON, daughter of David and Rebecca… Read more
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- Rabbi Dovid Edelman Celebrates his 89th Birthday
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Ariel Sharon remembered as military hero, political ‘Caesar’
By Alex Traiman/JNS.org The funeral for Ariel Sharon, 11th prime minister of the State of Israel, took place on Monday, with dignitaries from 19 countries coming to pay their last… Read more
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Obituaries
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WHITE
Lucy (Steuer) White, 94, of Dedham, died Feb. 1. She was the widow of Paul White. A Holocaust survivor, she was born in Vienna, Austria. She lived in England from… Read more
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Opinion
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What Families Want
By Winnie Sandler Grinspoon The organized Jewish world is still reeling from the Pew Research Center’s recent study on the state of American Jews. According to the study, one-in-five Jews now… Read more
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