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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
Community Leadership Day highlights ‘Leader in Me’
By Stacey Dresner | Photos by Bert Krasner SPRINGFIELD – Local philanthropist Diane Troderman had a vision three years ago when she brought the “Leader in Me” program to Heritage… Read more
A Connection to Israel
Clark Hillel Takes Students on Taglit-Birthright Israel By Laura Porter | Photos courtesy of Clark Hillel WORCESTER – Seth Greenwald of Sharon has been passionate about Israel since he read… Read more
A Connection to Israel
Clark Hillel Takes Students on Taglit-Birthright Israel By Laura Porter | Photos courtesy of Clark Hillel WORCESTER – Seth Greenwald of Sharon has been passionate about Israel since he read… Read more
2014 Central Mass Jewish Film Festival begins January 18
WORCESTER – The 2014 Central Mass Jewish Film Festival will run from Jan. 18 through Jan. 28 and features five films chosen to “Celebrate the Jewish Experience Through Film.” The… Read more
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
Emek Hachalutzim: Bringing Young Jews Together in the Pioneer Valley
By Abigail Adams It started in a bar. Dori Robinson, assistant director of UMASS Amherst Hillel, had spent the week sending out a flurry of invitations through e-mails and social… Read more
Movers & shakers
Each year the Jewish Ledger chooses a few select “Movers & Shakers” from around the Jewish community who have made a difference over the past year. Here are the Ledger’s… Read more
Top Stories Around Massachusetts
A look at some of the stories the Jewish Ledger ran in 2013… * * * * * *
2013: A Year in Conversation
Some highlights from our “Conversation with…” column from the past year Idan Raichel | Keyboardist, producer and composer, and founder of The Idan Raichel Project, one of Israel’s top musical… Read more
