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Passover: Israel style
By Judy Lash Balint/JNS.org JERUSALEM—Not every Israeli observes Passover, but every Israeli knows Passover is coming. Preparations for the seven-day holiday are impossible to ignore and encroach on almost every… Read more
TEENS for TIKKUN OLAM
An interview for the Jewish Ledger with B’nai Tzedek Youth Foundation Members Rebecca Mitrani Marmor Age: 16 Grade: 10th grade School: Northampton High School Parents: Amy Jo Mitrani and Bob… Read more
Conversation with… Ilan Stavans
Professor to lead weekend on Latin American Jews By Stacey Dresner AMHERST – The Yiddish Book Center will present “Yiddish con Salsa: The Jews of Latin America,” a weekend program… Read more
Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival Returns April 4-18
PIONEER VALLEY – A pharmacist dispenses Woody Allen film therapy along with customers’ medications; a deadly search for a long lost Michelangelo art work turns friends into enemies; Muslims take… Read more
CLASSES: Springfield JCC Offers Day and Evening Programs for Adults
SPRINGFIELD – Through Life Lessons, The William & Margery Sadowsky Center of Adult Learning at the Springfield Jewish Community Center, you can sharpen your mind, draw out the artist in… Read more
CLASSES: Chai Mitzvah comes to Northampton
NORTHAMPTON – We don’t wear the same clothes as when we were thirteen, nor do we have the same taste in music. As adults now, it may be time to… Read more
Kidz Kabbalat: Unsund Hero Awards Announcement
Who is Your Hero? The Harold Grinspoon Foundation seeks nominations for the Unsung Hero Awards, honoring the ongoing efforts of volunteer, professional, and teen leaders in Jewish schools and organizations… Read more
Kidz Kabbalat: B’nai Tzedek Retreat in March
Jewish teens in grades 9-12 can “Repair the World” at the 7th Annual B’nai Tzedek Retreat, March 15-17, at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, Conn. Learn… Read more
Kidz Kabbalat: Getting into Prayer with Young Jewish Families
SPRINGFIELD – “Kidz Kabbalat” is a prayer service at for Jewish families with children in Kindergarten, First, and Second Grades. The service will take place on Friday, March 8 at… Read more
Conversation with… Jane Yoken and Heidi E.Y. Stemple
Mother-daughter team writes Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts By Stacey Dresner In 2009, acclaimed author and storyteller Jane Yolen and her daughter Heidi Stemple teamed up to write “Fairy Tale Feasts,”… Read more
