In new Passover children’s books include a mystery, Obama’s White House seder and a graphic novel from writer Dara Horn Penny Schwartz, JTA Published March 4, 2025
New Hanukkah children’s books highlight 2024’s rare Christmas overlap Penny Schwartz, JTA Published December 6, 2024
A young Harry Potter fan’s murder reverberates from Israel to Boston Penny Schwartz, JTA Published October 29, 2023
Henry Rosovsky, refugee from the Nazis who shaped Harvard University, dies at 95 Penny Schwartz, JTA Published November 18, 2022
‘Fiddler’ meets ‘The Sopranos’: A gritty, forgotten novel by Sholom Aleichem is published in English for the first time Penny Schwartz Published October 6, 2021
Amid antisemitism concerns, 101 local Jewish federations to spend $54M on improving security JTA Published October 4, 2021
The remarkable true story of the Great Knish War of 1916 Jordan Palmer and JTA Published October 3, 2021
GOP congressman compares COVID measures to Holocaust, prompting an intern’s resignation JTA Published August 27, 2021
18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off New York-bound flight in Amsterdam in dispute over COVID protocols jta Published August 8, 2021
Marianne Steiner, 101, stylish Holocaust survivor who supported research on German Jewry Penny Schwartz Published April 9, 2021
A Boston-area high school football team used ‘Auschwitz’ and ‘rabbi’ to call plays Penny Schwartz Published March 24, 2021
What makes this Passover different from all others? Brandeis University is celebrating. Penny Schwartz Published March 23, 2021
A Jewish campus grows in suburban Boston, as Hebrew College announces relocation plan Penny Schwartz Published March 22, 2021
Carl Shapiro, Brandeis benefactor who lost millions to Madoff, dies at 108 Penny Schwartz Published March 15, 2021
In new Passover children’s books, a bespectacled lion reads the Haggadah and a Depression-era mitzvah Penny Schwartz Published March 8, 2021
William Good, 96, survivor of Holocaust massacre who became beloved California doctor Penny Schwartz Published February 26, 2021
Italo Servi, 98, soft-spoken heir to rich Italian Jewish heritage Penny Schwartz Published February 26, 2021
Jewish prisoner’s photos depicting horrid life in Lodz Ghetto donated to Boston museum Penny Schwartz Published February 22, 2021
Another accolade for Max Gross’ ‘Lost Shtetl’: Best fiction from Association of Jewish Libraries Penny Schwartz Published February 8, 2021
Donald Kraft, 92, mathematician with lifelong zest for learning Penny Schwartz Published February 3, 2021
From llamas to a Jewish superhero, these 8 children’s books bring new characters into the Hanukkah story Penny Schwartz Published November 3, 2020
Bradley Fields, 68, renowned magician who studied Talmud and taught math to kids Penny Schwartz Published September 1, 2020
This rabbi spent 4 months on a ventilator and endured 4 collapsed lungs from COVID-19. Now he’s recovering. Penny Schwartz Published August 25, 2020
How did Europe’s Jews cope with a 17th-century plague? This 350-year-old memoir offers a glimpse. Penny Schwartz Published July 27, 2020
Pride rallies held across Israel in lieu of annual parades due to coronavirus JTA Published July 2, 2020
Sidney Forman, 95, lived out a dream with performance of musical comedy he wrote in the 1960s Penny Schwartz Published June 25, 2020
A Jewish ‘Dreamer’ breathes a sigh of relief after US Supreme Court preserves DACA Penny Schwartz Published June 19, 2020
This Jewish Boston bookseller wants to help you spruce up your Zoom background Penny Schwartz Published June 19, 2020
Ohio’s Health Dept. director resigns after backlash over stay-at-home orders JTA Published June 18, 2020
Eva Konrad Hawkins, 90, Holocaust survivor who designed underwater museum exhibits Penny Schwartz Published June 18, 2020
Elsa Dorfman, photographer who was subject of Errol Morris film, dies at 83 Penny Schwartz Published June 3, 2020
32 residents die of coronavirus at 2 Massachusetts Jewish senior living facilities Penny Schwartz Published April 14, 2020
Sun Valley, Idaho, a celebrity destination, is a coronavirus hot spot. Here’s how the local Jewish community is coping. Penny Schwartz Published April 7, 2020
Robert Lappin, Jewish philanthropist and founder of teen Israel program, dies at 98 Penny Schwartz Published April 7, 2020
In new Passover children’s books, meet a googly eyed gator and spend a seder in outer space Penny Schwartz Published April 3, 2020
Lawrence Bacow, Harvard University’s Jewish president, has the coronavirus Penny Schwartz Published March 25, 2020
Stephan Ross, survivor who founded New England Holocaust Memorial, dies Penny Schwartz Published February 26, 2020
Trailblazing book by Jewish author Ezra Jack Keats is most checked-out book ever at New York Public Library Penny Schwartz Published January 15, 2020
‘Goodnight Bubbala’ and other Hanukkah-themed children’s books for the holiday season Penny Schwartz Published December 16, 2019
The earliest known American Jewish novel introduces an early feminist voice Penny Schwartz Published November 19, 2019
High-profile Israel boycott conference at UMass Amherst sparks concern — and a peace march Penny Schwartz Published November 12, 2019
Anti-Semitic fliers in Massachusetts declare Holocaust ‘fake news’ Penny Schwartz Published July 16, 2019
Passover inspires one of the top 50 public arts projects of 2018 Penny Schwartz Published July 2, 2019
This chef turned his popular falafel truck into a booming Israeli restaurant Penny Schwartz Published June 12, 2019
Boston area rallies after Chabad rabbis are targeted with anti-Semitic slurs on Shabbat Penny Schwartz Published June 6, 2019
Fire at Chabad center in suburban Boston investigated as possible hate crime Penny Schwartz Published May 16, 2019
A ‘Sesame Street’ seder and 4 other new children’s books for Passover Penny Schwartz Published March 28, 2019
Jewish studies conference celebrates 50 years of explosive growth in the field Penny Schwartz Published December 18, 2018
Steven Spielberg warns: Genocide as possible today as it was during Holocaust JTA Published December 6, 2018
Israeli special ops force was in Gaza for two months before its firefight with Hamas, report says JTA Published December 6, 2018
OSU student government votes down Israel boycott and divestment resolution JTA Published December 6, 2018
Princeton is naming a residential college after Ronald and Debra Perelman JTA Published December 5, 2018
‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ season 2 debuts on Amazon to glowing reviews JTA Published December 5, 2018
Saudi dissident sues Israeli cyber tech company in death of Jamal Khashoggi JTA Published December 5, 2018
New Hampshire town rejects menorah display. Christmas tree could be next. JTA Published December 5, 2018
Netanyahu calls violence against women ‘terrorism’ following a rally by 30,000 in Tel Aviv JTA Published December 5, 2018
Portugal government committee approves Memorial Day for the Victims of the Inquisition JTA Published December 5, 2018
Hezbollah tunnels are ‘concrete threat’ to Israel’s Galilee region, Netanyahu says JTA Published December 4, 2018
Evidence of Rohingya genocide is ‘compelling,’ US Holocaust Museum says JTA Published December 4, 2018
Kosher ban is okay with Jewish supporters of Germany’s far right party JTA Published December 4, 2018
101 Jewish and pro-Israel groups ask universities to oppose Israel boycotts JTA Published December 4, 2018
Rashida Tlaib, newly elected Congresswoman, says she will lead a lawmakers’ trip to West Bank JTA Published December 4, 2018
Israel launches operation to destroy Hezbollah tunnels on northern border JTA Published December 4, 2018
Saudi Arabia loses world chess tournament for refusing visas to Israeli players JTA Published December 3, 2018
Thousands of Israeli women to strike in protest of violence against women JTA Published December 3, 2018
Condemn anti-Semitic image on pro-government magazine cover, Lauder tells Orban JTA Published December 3, 2018
Mental status of driver who tried to run down 2 Jews outside LA synagogue questioned JTA Published December 3, 2018
