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In Memory of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin

By: Barry Shrage, President of CJP

Last week, just before Shabbat, Hamas terrorists murdered two wonderful souls in front of the eyes of their children.  The New York Times, The Boston Globe and many other publications described them simply as “settlers.”  It’s vitally important th…

Boston’s Jewish Young Adults: We’re Sukkahs for Innovation

Chag Sameach! Sukkot is off to quite the start, with the supermoon total eclipse on the first night and a tropical storm rolling through on the third day. The storm has tested the limits of everyone’s sukkahs!

If you’ve ever had a chance to sukkah hop, you know how much individuality ea…

Growing into (Jewish) Adulthood

By Reuben Posner, Director of Youth Engagement

If you ever want see a friend or colleague light up (or maybe grimace) ask them to share a memory from when they were teenagers. Often the memories come flooding back—moments of joy and moments of embarrassment. For teens, everything is more…

What Jewish History Teaches Us During the High Holidays

By: Barry Shrage, President of CJP

As the late Rabbi Soloveitchik said, when defining the Jewish faith, we must think of ourselves as a congregation; that is, a group of individuals possessing a common past, a common future, common goals and desires, a common aspiration for a world which i…

Yalla! Exploring Israel with the Patriots’ Julian Edelman

By Dan Seligson, CJP Staff and Young Adult Israel Mission Co-Leader

Sometime between the eighth and ninth blizzard of the Worst Winter Ever, I was asked, very quietly and discretely, whether I would be available to “staff a trip to Israel with Julian Edelman.” I think I recall reacting …