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Gateways founding director serves Boston’s Jewish community and beyond

As founding Executive Director of Gateways, a regional special education consortium, Arlene Remz has become a well-known figure far beyond the Boston Jewish community her organization serves. Remz launched Gateways in 2006 from her bedroom alcove, and developed it into a multi-million dollar operation that serves a wide range of

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Preserving tradition, spirituality at Jewish day schools

WATERTOWN – The Thursday before the Jewish New Year, the Kindergarten class at JCDS, Boston's Jewish Community Day School buzzed with students creating cards, learning songs and readying for one of the most joyous days of their year. "Who can find me something in this room that I

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In Austin, 19th-century synagogue meets 21st-century Jewish community

Like its environs, the Jewish community of Austin, Texas, has a youthful feel. Situated in a city known for live music, the University of Texas (UT) campus, and the founding of Michael Dell's computer technology giant in his UT dorm room, the 40-acre Dell Jewish Community Campus mirrors

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On Syrian refugee crisis, Jewish community moves from words to action

Will Recant pulls both heartstrings and purse strings for a living. As the head of the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief, a consortium of 49 national Jewish organizations, he has been at the center of the American Jewish reaction to 20 global crises in the last 20 years. Of late,

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Obama, Netanyahu make dueling appeals on Iran to US Jews

Written by Julie Pace WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu madedueling appeals to the American Jewish community Tuesday as they sought to rally support for their opposing positions on the Iranian nuclear deal.