TODD FEINBURG Can the synagogue be saved? That may not be a common question among congregants, but it is one that burns on the minds of many rabbis and lay leaders who see their congregations shrinking and who are considering mergers or changes to their business models in order to stave off extinction. One synagogue Read More
TODD FEINBURG It’s hard to say that Congregation Mishkan Tefila faced an emergency, because the iceberg it was preparing to hit was still a long way off and approaching slowly. Further, the synagogue was expecting a $20 million windfall from the sale of its Newton property to Boston College. That’s the sort of problem that Read More
Todd Feinburg Journal Publisher/Editor Dr. Karen Munkacy has two very intriguing stories to tell. One is about how she became the founder of the newest medical marijuana store in Massachusetts. The other has to do with how she became Jewish. While both are fascinating, the second one is uncanny. There are now nine medical marijuana Read More
Susan Britt Special to the Journal It was in his forties when Steven Lewis realized, after what he describes as a very slow process, that his impulse to be a teacher could be most meaningfully fulfilled if he became a teacher of Jewish text and tradition – a rabbi. “I couldn’t shed the idea,” he Read More
Sol Gittleman Special to the Journal Every one of our families got bigger in 1964 when Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, and Joseph Stein brought Tevye, Golde, and their daughters onto the Broadway stage and into our lives. Over fifty years of history have gone by, and it’s time to remind us what Sholom Aleichem intended Read More
Penny Schwartz Special to the Journal The Museum of Fine Arts will be aglow for the third annual community Hanukkah celebration with a free public program on Wednesday, December 14, that features a lively array of art, music and storytelling. Free admission begins at 4 pm. Based on the first two years, the bar for Read More
