{"id":390,"date":"2016-05-24T20:34:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T20:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/?page_id=390"},"modified":"2016-10-24T20:35:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T20:35:22","slug":"seeking-kin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/home\/ethnic-groups\/jews\/seeking-kin\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking Kin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column]<style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69e5f7980beb2{font-size:30px;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl vc_custom_1477341279389 vcex_69e5f7980beb2\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Seeking Kin: The Jewish Advocate, 1957<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For decades, Boston&#8217;s foremost Jewish newspaper, the<em><span style=\"font-family: Times;\"> Jewish Advocate<\/span><\/em>, ran a column to aid Jewish immigrants seeking to unite with family members in Massachusetts. 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