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Edgar Krasa's mother wanted him to become a chef, in anticipation of the German invasion of Czechoslovakia. If you learn how to cook, she told him, you will never go [...]

The weather is changing and in North America the leaves are falling, yet around this time of year Jews persist in going outside just when the rest of the world [...]

Next week, Brandeis University will have a distinctive Russian flavor as student groups celebrate the fifth annual Russian Culture Week. The week of discussions, film screenings, music and food is [...]

On April 12 three World War II veterans of 101st Airborne's Easy Company--who fought in Europe and liberated the Kaufering concentration camp--are scheduled to speak about their experiences on a [...]

Sonya Gurkow (far right) looks like she's all set to play Queen Esther for Purim. The 5-year-old from Stoughton attended the annual Pillows, Pajamas & Stories event at Shaloh House [...]

MARBLEHEAD -- Cohen Hillel Academy's Gala 2011 will feature a performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'South Pacific' at The Opera House in Boston on Sunday, Oct. 2. Ruthie and Robert [...]

Ever wanted to learn how to put on tefillin? Men and women--and boys and girls--can learn how and why people wear tefillin at Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Chestnut Hill Feb. [...]

A day of Holocaust commemoration in Boston is being paired with an anti-bullying lesson this year. The Jan. 27 event will include a candle lighting with the consuls general of [...]

What do the magical world of Harry Potter and the Jewish community have in common? Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Chestnut Hill seeks to connect the two worlds in its Harry [...]

Guy Ben-Aharon is a young man with a mission: to put Israel on the map as a cultural force to be reckoned with. 'Theater at its best is a reflection [...]

CHESTNUT HILL -- Rachel Chafetz, Dena Rashes and Sharon Shapiro, the chairs of 'Sweet Sounds: An Afternoon of Jazz and Chocolate,' will join the community to honor Etgar L'Noar founders [...]

BOSTON -- Orna Shemer, who served as an Israeli police major for 10 years, will speak at Beacon Hill's Vilna Shul on Friday, Nov. 19, at 8 p.m. following Shabbat [...]

NEWTON -- Rabba Sara Hurwitz will appear at 'Raising Up the Light! A Hanukkah Celebration of 'First Lights,'' featuring the first women ordained as rabbis and rabba in the Reform, [...]

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SHABBAT DINNER 11/5: 7 p.m. Friday night dinners featuring Eric Cohen, a rabbinic intern from Hebrew College. At the Boston Synagogue. 617-523-0453. AFTER HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTY 11/6: 7:30 [...]

SWAMPSCOTT -- The Holocaust Center, Boston North and Comfort My People will commemorate 'Kristallnacht: The First Day of the Holocaust' on Sunday, Nov 7, from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. (doors [...]

NEWTON -- Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso will appear at Raising Up the Light! A Hanukkah Celebration of 'First Lights' the first women ordained as rabbis and rabba in the Reform, [...]

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SHABBAT DINNER 11/5: 7 p.m. Friday night dinners featuring Eric Cohen, a rabbinic intern from Hebrew College. At the Boston Synagogue. [...]

GET REEL YOUNG ADULT PARTY 11/4: 7 p.m. Screening of 'Oh, What a Mess!,' a comedy about a single 30-something living in Berlin who falls in love with a non-Jewish [...]

You'll find 120 doors to Judaism at Temple Israel in Boston this weekend. Limmud, an international education phenomenon that began in Britain and has since spread to 46 cities, is [...]

BROOKLINE -- Attorney Leonard Davidson, general chairman of The Project for our Future and past president of Temple Ohabei Shalom, will host the ribbon-cutting and dedication of the Trust Center [...]

CHESTNUT HILL -- Brookline resident Ary Rotman, president of the Russian Jewish Community Foundation, will be among community leaders standing up for Israel's right to defend itself against a nuclear [...]

WALTHAM -- The New England Region of the American Technion Society will hold its 2010 Annual Event at Gann Academy on Thursday, Oct. 14, at 6 p.m. Ruth and Gene [...]

BOSTON The political humor and satire of The Capitol Steps will entertain when Cohen Hillel Academy of Marblehead holds its annual Gala Monday evening, Oct. 11 at the JFK Presidential [...]

CHESTNUT HILL -- Andrea Levin, executive director of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, will be the guest speaker at a Musical Shabbat at Congregation Mishkan [...]

SHABBAT DINNER 10/16: Shabbat dinner following services for singles and couples without children. Kickoff event of Yisod, community of adults under 40. Email msydney01@hotmail.com or juliehumegordon@gmail.com. SINGLES JAPANESE DINNER 10/17: [...]

BROOKLINE -- Ma'ayan: Torah Studies Initiative for Women is pleased to announce that Rabbi Aryeh Ben David, renowned teacher and author of 'The Godfile: 10 Approaches to Personalizing Prayer,' will [...]

The American Technion Society will have a dessert reception at the MIT Faculty Club in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary. Professor Moris Eisen, Dean of the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, [...]