After Boston Chabad rabbi stabbed, Jewish community ‘angry’ and ‘united’ “At a time of rising violence anti-Semitism across this country no Jew, no building, no part of our community, no neighborhood will stand alone,” said the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston’s executive director Jeremy Burton. Faygie Holt July 2, 2021
Boston-based philanthropic partnership to transition to Hillel International “We have an unprecedented opportunity to engage and inspire thousands of Jewish students who have yet to be connected to the richness and beauty of Jewish communal life,” said longtime CJP staff member Cheryl Aronson. July 15, 2020
Boston’s Federation honors activist with ties to IfNotNow Nadav David is one of CJP’s 2020 “Chai in the Hub” honorees, recognizing young adults who are “doing amazing things personally and professionally to better Greater Boston’s Jewish community.” JNS Staff March 4, 2020
Edelman cleats in memory of Pittsburgh shooting victims sell for $10,000 California-based Golden West Food Group purchased the cleats, and the company is donating the funds to Combined Jewish Philanthropies in Boston and Pittsburgh’s Jewish Federation. Jan. 10, 2019
Getting ‘fed up’ with critical tone of Federation leadership Israeli and American Jewry could both come up with lists of gripes, but doubling-down on the items that divide threaten to rip apart the Jewish nation. Alex Traiman Dec. 23, 2018
Longtime Boston Federation president Barry Shrage looks back, forges ahead A veritable encyclopedia of Jewish history and events, he’s had his hands—and those of his organization—dug deep into nearly every major issue in contemporary Jewish life. Carin M. Smilk Aug. 24, 2018
The new face of Jewish philanthropy is innovative, younger and decidedly more female The goal, however, remains the same: to meet human needs, both in traditional ways and in smaller-scale methods that target specific passions by modern-day donors. Deborah Fineblum April 10, 2018
