Out of necessity, the Jewish community has built a professional infrastructure around publicly responding to violence against Jews. I’m not one of these professionals and I am not equipped to do this as tactfully and skillfully as they do. But I am an elected official; the first Jew to represent my district in the state legislature and the youngest Jew in the legislature. So this is my best attempt.

Like many of you, I recently learned that the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has entered an agreement to use up to 105 rooms at the Best Western on Elm Street in Concord as an emergency family shelter.

Representative Cataldo’s office in the Massachusetts House of Representatives is now accepting internship applications from law school, graduate school, and undergraduate students.