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Brookline religion notes Community Content Note: Many services are canceled or moved online due to the coronavirus. Check with your local house of worship for updates. BJEP (Boston-area Jewish Education Program) BJEP has a welcoming and inclusive approach to Jewish learning for kindergarten through seventh-grade students. Get in touch with the program’s director at director@bjep.com or 781-386-7278. Congregation Mishkan Tefila Shabbat Services: Fridays at 6 p.m.; Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. Congregation Mishkan Tefila is a community embracing Jewish tradition and identity while welcoming change...

Around Bedford Community Content Note: In response to concerns about the coronavirus, area events may be subject to cancellation, postponement or attendance limits. Please contact organizers to confirm event details. COVID-19 Testing Tuesdays: Tuesdays, First Parish on the Bedford Town Common, 75 The Great Road. Cost: $95. For information: https://bit.ly/3j1yKyy. For the foreseeable future, there will be COVID-19 testing every Tuesday with the exception of Oct. 13. All are welcome regardless of town of residence, affiliation, symptomatology or ability to pay. Residents may register online and...

Historically Speaking: Dover has its own history of slavery Tony McManus Back in 1775, Colonial authorities in New Hampshire took a census of its inhabitants and reported the total number of people then in Dover as 1,666. There were 410 males under the age of 16, 786 females, 342 males between the ages of 16 and 50 not in the army, and 74 males over the age of 50, a decidedly young population. In addition, there were 342 males "gone in the army," a decidedly large percentage of the whole.  There was one final category: 26 "negros and slaves for life". There may not have been an organized ...

This week, April 27 marks the 165th anniversary of the organization of the Baptist Church in Needham. This is, of course, an event to be celebrated within the congregation. But it is also important to the town as a whole since it lies at the convergence of two important events that created the downtown as we now know it. The first event is the amendment to the MA Constitution in 1833 that ended taxation to support the established church. Massachusetts was the last state to sever the ties between church and state (no, it didn’t automatically happen in 1776). In Massachusetts, going back to ...

Special to the Crier Americans rightfully celebrate Paul Revere’s patriotic service during the American Revolution, especially his famous midnight ride “on the 18th of April in ’75." Less well known is his lifetime of groundbreaking metallurgical work. At the Weston Historical Society spring lecture on Thursday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m., Robert Martello will show how Revere’s greatest contribution to building the new nation took place in workshops and manufactories. The illustrated Zoom presentation is free and open to all. To register, email info@westonhistory.org. Revere’s artisan tr...