Coming together around Machon – Daily Item

| March 27, 2017

March 26, 2017 COURTESY OF BNAI BRITHAn artists rendering of the Senior Residences at the Machon. Its easy to praise Swampscotts approach to giving new life to the old Machon School

Swampscott gets look at plans for Machon – Daily Item

| March 27, 2017

March 23, 2017 COURTESY PHOTOPictured is a rendering of the Senior Residences at the Machon. By GAYLA CAWLEY SWAMPSCOTT Draft schematic plans for the affordable senior housing redevelopment of the shuttered Machon Elementary School were presented to residents for the first time Thursday night. Residents gathered at Swampscott High School to hear project plans presented by Peter Kane, director of community development, and the developers, Bnai Brith Housing, represented by Susan Gittelman, executive director, and Holly Grace, senior project manager.

Anti-BDS bill passes in Texas Senate – Diaspora – Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem Post Israel News

| March 27, 2017

A demonstrator wears a shirt reading 'Boycott Israel' [File]. (photo credit:AFP/ MOHD RASFAN) WASHINGTON Texas has been a hotbed of anti-BDS activity in recent days, with the passage of a bill in the Senate on Wednesday that will bar state contracts and investment in companies that boycott Israel, and mounting criticism by Jewish organizations of a local banks BDS activity. Chuck Lindell from the American-Statesman paper reported that the Texas Senate passed the bill opposing BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) by a 25-4 vote and that it was sent to the Texas House of Representatives for a vote.

Design plans for Machon School unveiled – Wicked Local Swampscott

| March 27, 2017

Greg Phipps swampscott@wickedlocal.com @swampscott_rep It's been a decade since the former Machon Elementary School closed operation in 2007. After years of public debate in Swampscott over what to do with the nearly-100-year-old vacant building and land, it appears the town is set to make use of the property on Burpee Road

Georgia Democrats harbor hope with one of three Jewish candidates – The Jewish Standard

| March 27, 2017

WASHINGTON One candidate has the endorsement of a civil rights giant.



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