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Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of One Fund Boston, a city- and state-sponsored charitable effort to raise money for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, gives the commencement address at Cur Full Story
Tenacious teen grows up to be top cop
Howard Mintz is first Jew to become Newton’s Police Chief
Howard Mintz’s involvement with the Newton Police Department goes all the way back to his high school days.
When Mintz was a student at Newton South High School, he participated in the Newton Police Explorer Post, a program that teaches teens about police work through community projects and exposure to daily operations of a police department. That was 45 years ago. Full Story
Complex relationship
I n the weeks since the Boston Marathon bombing, the interfaith community came together to support Gov. Deval Patrick’s gathering and his call to our civic faith. Full Story
University’s Israel divestment vote is latest sign of hostile environment
A pril’s Israel divestment vote at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is just the latest unfortunate expression of how hateful an environment the anti-Israel movement can create for Jewish students and supporters of Israel on campus. I witnessed this firsthand during my four years as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley from 2007 to 2011. Full Story
Slater hosts Technion Professor
BOSTON - Ken Slater, of Slater LLC, hosted Distinguished Technion Professor and Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman during Shechtman’s recent visit to Boston. Shechtman discussed the path that led to his 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasi-crystals. Slater and his family are members of Temple Emanuel in Newton. Full Story
Beth Israel nurses hold Alumnae Day
BOSTON - The Beth Israel Hospital Nurses’ Alumnae Association held its 45th Annual Alumnae Day on May 4. Susan Pinsky of Organizationally Yours spoke about organizing for the ADHD and senior population. Full Story
SpeakEasy show reaches soaring ‘Heights’
Talented cast brings great heartiness to its production of Tony Award winner
It is probably no accident that Vanessa, one of the heroines of “In the Heights,” notes the “shmutz” on adoring would-be boyfriend Usnavi. Full Story
DVD nails down the life of ‘The Hebrew Hammer’
Rerelease of 2000 film provides more details about baseball legend Hank Greenberg
The success of the recent “42,” the Hollywood production about Jackie Robinson, has led to renewed interest in another historymaking ballplayer. Full Story
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