The Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center will celebrate the end of summer with a unique Taylor Swift-themed Shabbat at State Beach on Friday.

Before a packed house at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center Thursday, professor David Makovsky wanted people to believe there was a way forward for peace in the Middle East.

Rabbi Caryn Broitman, who leads the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, began her sabbatical in early 2024. For continued leadership, the synagogue invited a trio of local female spiritual leaders to share the duties of weekly Shabbats and Passover services.

In remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. the NAACP of Martha’s Vineyard and the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center will host gatherings.

The Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center received a hoax bomb threat over email on Sunday morning, part of a wave of threats sent to approximately 30 other Massachusetts synagogues, according to Rabbi Caryn Broitman.

As war rages in Gaza and Israel following last week’s Hamas attack, Islanders of many faiths joined the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center congregation in prayer and song Friday evening.

Our Jewish community is grieving. Almost all of us have family, friends and colleagues who are living in Israel.

The Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center is hosting a community prayer service on Friday titled An Interfaith Gathering for the People of Israel — Grief, Prayer and a Vision for the Future.

More than a year since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down national abortion protections, reproductive health advocates are, of all things, hopeful.