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Head of School Rabbi Marc Baker

Gann Academy Receives $12.25 Million Gift

Gann Academy has received the largest gift in the Jewish high school’s 13-year history — $12,250,000 from a small group of anonymous donors. As with many such donations, there is… Read More


JCCNS and Federation Collaborate on Business Plan

Representative Boards of the Jewish Federation and the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore have each voted unanimously to collaborate and create the Community Center Caretaker Committee. The CCCC… Read More

Son Bitten by Dachshund in Peabody

I need your help. My son, Jeremy Dunn, age 11, was bitten by a dog on Sunday at Temple Ner Tamid in Peabody. The owner took off before we could… Read More

Man Detained in Shooting of Two in an L.A. Synagogue

Los Angeles police have detained a man in the search for the suspect who shot and wounded two men at a synagogue in North Hollywood. The incident is being labeled… Read More

Yom Kippur Day Fire Ignites in Marblehead

While Karl Mascott was ending a day of fasting Monday at Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead and at times chanting the Unetanneh Tokef… “who will live and who will die… who… Read More

Swampscott, Danvers Teens at Holocaust Museum During Shooting

While 165 Swampscott Middle School eighth graders were touring the third floor of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, June 10, gunfire rang out on the ground floor just… Read More

How the JCC Will Compete in the Era of the New Leggs Hill YMCA

The Jewish Community Center of the North Shore has been anticipating last week’s opening of the new YMCA on Leggs Hill Road in Marblehead for years. The JCC has completed… Read More

Kabbalah Classes To Be Offered in Gloucester

Starting at the end of October, Rabbi Samuel Barth of Temple Ahavat Achim in Gloucester will lead a series of six classes exploring the classic texts of Jewish mysticism —-… Read More

Cantor Sam Pessaroff Passed Away October 11

Services for Cantor Sam Pessaroff will be on Sunday, October 12 at Temple Ner Tamid, 368 Lowell Street, Peabody, at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be at the Maple Hill Cemetery… Read More

Federation Trims Staff and Restructures for Greater Efficiency

The Jewish Federation of the North Shore is going to be leaner in an effort to streamline its operation and be more fiscally effective. In a major restructuring of the… Read More