Feature Stories

Shanah Tovah 5777!

September 22nd, 2016 | by WMJledger

Kosher by Design Brings it Home for the High Holidays The Jewish High Holidays are a time when friends and family

September 22nd, 2016 | by WMJledger

Jewish Federation and Endowment Foundation of Western Mass. holds 2016 Annual Meeting By Stacey Dresner SPRINGFIELD – The theme of the 2016

September 22nd, 2016 | by WMJledger

By Laura Porter What better way to make new friends than over a glass of wine — or two? Chaverim,

September 22nd, 2016 | by WMJledger

LONGMEADOW – On Friday, Sept. 9, Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA) students held a commemorative ceremony for September 11. The program was opened

August 18th, 2016 | by WMJledger

As the new school year approaches, the Ledger checked in with local Jewish day schools to find out about

August 18th, 2016 | by WMJledger

By Stacey Dresner LONGMEADOW — For Candy Glazer, who had been to six previous Democratic conventions, watching Hillary Clinton accept the

August 18th, 2016 | by WMJledger

By Stacey Dresner AMHERST – When coming up with the title for his new children’s book about Leonard Nimoy,

July 14th, 2016 | by WMJledger

As far as I am concerned, there is nothing better than sitting in the shade on a hot summer

July 14th, 2016 | by WMJledger

By Sarah Wildman WASHINGTON (JTA) — Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate who became a leading icon of Holocaust

July 14th, 2016 | by WMJledger

By Stacey Dresner WORCESTER – There is no doubt that Steven Schimmel, the incoming executive director of the Jewish Federation