Combined Jewish Philanthropies

Eliza Kanner is entering her third season as a cheerleader for the New England Patriots. (Courtesy of the New England Patriots/Dwight Darian)

Meet Eliza Kanner: Israel advocate by day, New England Patriots cheerleader by night

Her day job is senior development officer at Combined Jewish Philanthropies, the Boston-area Jewish federation. Since 2021, she’s also an NFL cheerleader

June 24, 2023, 3:18 am

Meet Eliza Kanner: Israel advocate by day, New England Patriots cheerleader by night

Her day job is senior development officer at Combined Jewish Philanthropies, the Boston-area Jewish federation. Since 2021, she’s also an NFL cheerleader

By jacob gurvis

Robert Kraft, center, along with members of his family, celebrates the grand opening of the Kraft Family Building at the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, April 27, 2018. (Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston)

June 12, 2020, 8:27 am

Boston federation lays off 25 employees amid economic crisis

Organization’s executive to take salary reductions as coronavirus’s financial toll felt at Jewish organizations across the US

By Shira Hanau

January 25, 2018, 9:09 am

Day school head named top exec at Boston’s $64 million Jewish federation

Rabbi Marc Baker to take over from retiring Barry Shrage at the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston

By JTA

(l-r) Ted Cutler, Robert Kargman, Jon Abbott, and Marjie Kargman at Boston's Huntington Theater (CC BY Paul Marotta, Flickr)

April 2, 2017, 11:26 pm

Ted Cutler, Boston arts patron and philanthropist, dies

Over 25 years, businessman donated tens of millions of dollars to human services, education, arts and health care

By JTA

Syrian refugee Baraa Haj Khalaf (L), receives a kiss from her mother Fattoum Haj Khalaf as she arrives at O'Hare International Airport on February 7, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (AFP/Joshua Lott)

April 1, 2017, 3:26 am

Boston Jewish federation teams with Catholic Charities to aid immigrants

CJP president says that as ‘immigrants and children of immigrants, we have a responsibility to help’

By JTA

A sign of the polarization of American Jewry: J Street activists deliver a petition to the US Senate opposing the nomination of David Friedman as ambassador to Israel, February 28, 2017. (J Street/JTA)

March 2, 2017, 3:54 am

In the age of Trump, a quandary for US Jewish leaders: Access or resistance

Given the president’s hostility towards the media, a controversial refugee ban, and a spike in anti-Semitism, community leaders divided on whether to engage or oppose the new administration

By Ron Kampeas

The sanctuary of Boston’s Vilna Shul, including the sloped women’s gallery in the background, as photographed on July 17, 2015. (Matt Lebovic/Times of Israel)

November 18, 2016, 4:49 am

Half of Boston Jews don’t identify with a denomination

Survey of city’s ‘affluent, highly educated’ community of 248,000 finds just two in five are members of a synagogue

By JTA

Owner Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots clapping his hands as he walks off the field prior to a game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, November 15, 2015. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images/via JTA)

November 24, 2015, 11:35 am

Patriots owner Robert Kraft a benchmark for Jewish philanthropy

The moment of silence for slain US teen Ezra Schwartz Monday night just one of a series of gestures promoting the Jewish community

By Uriel Heilman

NFL star Julian Edelman praying at the Western Wall during a trip to Israel (screen capture via Youtube)

August 25, 2015, 4:14 pm

Jewish NFL star Julian Edelman visits Israel

WATCH: Patriots receiver who wore US-Israeli-flag pin during a 2014 game calls trip ‘once-in-a-lifetime experience’

By Josefin Dolsten

Supporters react to a speech by Republican presidential candidate former New York Gov. George Pataki at the 'Stop Iran' protest Wednesday, July 22, 2015, near Times Square in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

July 29, 2015, 5:31 am

Who do Jewish groups represent on the Iran deal?

As federations and advocacy groups rush to make their opinions known, none speak for American Jews as a whole

By Uriel Heilman

US President Barack Obama, standing with Vice President Joe Biden, delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on July 14, 2015, after an Iran nuclear deal is reached. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

July 19, 2015, 10:14 pm

Miami, Boston Jewish federations oppose Iran deal

Members encourage to urge their elected representatives to vote against accord

By JTA

Head of Boston's Combined Jewish Philanthropies Barry Shrage (far right) with a family of Internally Displaced Persons in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine during a March trip there. (Courtesy CJP)

March 27, 2015, 4:42 pm

For Ukraine’s Jews, $50 can stave off starvation

With no pensions or salaries, the growing displaced Jewish population is increasingly reliant upon international donations

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Rabbi Matthew Soffer, director of the Riverway Project, leads a Torah discussion at a Riverway Cafe gathering in Cambridge, Mass., May 2014. (Courtesy Riverway Project/JTA)

August 13, 2014, 1:01 am

Boston initiatives reach for young Jews where they are

Whether it be at a ballfield or a bar, outreach efforts in Beantown are successfully drawing in unaffiliated young adults

By Anthony Weiss

More than 600 Boston-area Jews attended a Memorial Service for Our Boys outside Boston Wednesday, July 2, 2014. (photo credit: Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)

July 3, 2014, 8:46 pm

Boston memorial service: ‘Break the silence’ about Israel

Amid calls to support the State of Israel in its response to terrorism, Congressman Stephen Lynch reminds attendees Naftali Fraenkel was also a ‘son of the US’

By Matt Lebovic

Parents and teachers of the closing Kehillah Schechter Academy meet in Easton, Mass., to discuss launching a new area day school on May 25, 2014. (Devorah Daniels/JTA)

May 29, 2014, 5:05 pm

Boston-area parents aim to open new pluralistic school

With shul scandal and school closing, Conservative Jews reeling in Sharon, Mass. are trying to reboot

By Uriel Heilman