"Opening Doors," with Hasia Diner - The Irish and the Jews in America

On Thursday, May 15 at 7 p.m., Federation welcomes Hasia R. Diner, a preeminent scholar of American Jewish history and immigration, whose book "Opening Doors: The Unlikely Alliance Between the Irish and the Jews in America" sheds light on the mutually beneficial, although sometimes fraught,…

Dr. Steve Recommends: A Column About Jewish Books and Authors

Dr. Steve Recommends - A Column About Jewish Books and Authors. This time, two post-Oct. 7 2023 narratives and a new Haggadah.

Rabbi Reflection: In This Time Between the Suns

In this Rabbi Reflection column, Rabbi Jodie Gordon of Hevreh of Southern Berkshire ponders the current situation in Israel and the Diaspora, wondering what "the day after" might look like for the Jewish people.

UPDATE: MA Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism

An update by Executive Director Dara Kaufman on the work of the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism, of which she is a member.

Why I Read Dead Jews: An Appreciation of I.B. Singer's "The Penitent"

Support Jewish Books! In this essay, Howie Stier offers an appreciation of Isaac Bashevis Singer's 1983 novel "The Penitent" - a story, he writes, that is "supremely relevant to us now."