MetroWest News

Grants for Jewish camp seen as next ‘Birthright’

Parents are offered incentives to establish a ‘rite of passage’

Grants for Jewish camp seen as next ‘Birthright’

This summer, nine-year-old Leah Wilck planned to attend sleep-away camp for the first time. Her parents chose Camp Harlam, a Reform movement summer camp in rural Pennsylvania.

And then they worried.Read More

Taking a hike in Israel for an important cause

From sea to sea, walking to assist victims of terror

Taking a hike in Israel for an important cause

Cantor Amy Daniels is breaking in her hiking shoes, working out, and looking for local day treks.

In November, she’ll hit the trail in Israel on a hike that will have her covering 61 kilometers (37 miles) over five days.Read More

Student spends summer deep in ‘scientific sea’

Stern College senior conducts lab work on aging process

Student spends summer deep in ‘scientific sea’

Forgoing the beach in order to swim in what she calls “the whole scientific sea,” West Orange resident and aspiring physician Ariella Hollander spent the summer immersed in research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.Read More

A web of Holocaust educators

A web of Holocaust educators

While she was attending the Sixth International Conference on the Holocaust and Education, Barbara Wind, director of the Holocaust Council of MetroWest, hit upon an idea.Read More

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