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Supporters react to a speech by Republican presidential candidate former New York Gov. George Pataki at the 'Stop Iran' protest Wednesday, July 22, 2015, near Times Square in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
July 29, 2015, 5:31 am
Who do Jewish groups represent on the Iran deal?
As federations and advocacy groups rush to make their opinions known, none speak for American Jews as a whole
By Uriel Heilman
Academy Award-winning actress and activist Marlee Matlin speaking about her Jewish heritage, career and experience overcoming disabilities at the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly in suburban Washington, November 10, 2014. (photo credit: Ron Sachs/JTA)
November 12, 2014, 2:02 am
US Federations’ GA was part pep rally, part training session, part reunion
Collaboration emerged as key for leaders gearing up with new programs and new methods of outreach to disaffected young Jews
By Uriel Heilman
Rabbi Matthew Soffer, director of the Riverway Project, leads a Torah discussion at a Riverway Cafe gathering in Cambridge, Mass., May 2014. (Courtesy Riverway Project/JTA)
August 13, 2014, 1:01 am
Boston initiatives reach for young Jews where they are
Whether it be at a ballfield or a bar, outreach efforts in Beantown are successfully drawing in unaffiliated young adults
By Anthony Weiss
More than 600 Boston-area Jews attended a Memorial Service for Our Boys outside Boston Wednesday, July 2, 2014. (photo credit: Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
July 3, 2014, 8:46 pm
Boston memorial service: ‘Break the silence’ about Israel
Amid calls to support the State of Israel in its response to terrorism, Congressman Stephen Lynch reminds attendees Naftali Fraenkel was also a 'son of the US'
By Matt Lebovic
Rabbi David Stav, cofounder and chairman of the Tzohar rabbinical organization. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
July 18, 2013, 5:45 pm
Boston Jewry implores Netanyahu to back moderate Stav for chief rabbi
The prime minister is urged to help retake the rabbinate from 'distrusted non-Zionist rabbinical authorities'
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
July 2, 2013, 9:52 pm
Boston-area federations merge
Recession and demographic changes cited for union of CJP and JFNS
Attack-related art made during ITC session in Boston on May 7, 2013. (photo credit: Matt Lebovic/Times of Israel)
May 8, 2013, 1:39 pm
Israeli team helps Boston fight back against trauma
It takes a village, say Israel's top specialists as they reshape individual Bostonians' suffering and refocus on the community as a source of resilience
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative image: A woman carries a girl from their home as a SWAT team searching for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings enters the building in Watertown, Mass., Friday, April 19, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
May 3, 2013, 9:30 pm
Israeli team to bring hard-earned post-trauma expertise to Boston
Israel Trauma Coalition partners with local Jewish federation to help develop 'recovery process' for Watertown schools
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, left, and Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky speak at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations in North America last year. (David Karp/JTA)
November 13, 2012, 11:11 pm
With Jewish life splintering, federations focus on streamlining work
At annual gathering, communal organizations look toward updated model for philanthropy and budgeting
By Uriel Heilman
Peter Beinart (photo credit: Guillaume Gaudet)
April 6, 2012, 12:47 am
Peter Beinart takes aim at Birthright experience
Author charges that neglecting to expose Jewish visitors to Palestinians fail to provide a true Israeli experience
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