These Jewish Dreamers Are Frightened — But Determined To Fight Over DACA
At 15, Elias Rosenfeld became a “Dreamer.”
In Krakow, A JCC Preschool Signals Hope For Rebirth
KRAKOW, Poland — Michal Zielinski, a 47-year-old from this city, grew up unaware of his Jewish roots. Thirty years after discovering that h…
Ted Cutler, Boston Philanthropist, Dies At 86
BOSTON – Philanthropist, businessman, and visionary arts patron Ted Cutler, whose charitable giving included Jewish causes, hospitals and feeding the hungry in Boston and Israel, has died. Cutler died on Thursday at the age of 86, of complications from a lung disorder. Cutler, who served in the early 2000s as board chairman of the…
Judges Question Ruling Over Touro Synagogue — And Its $7.4M Torah Bells
BOSTON — Ownership of the country’s oldest synagogue and its valuable religious and ritual objects is being decided by a federal appeals court. The hearing of the case by a three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston is the latest development in a closely watched legal battle pitting New…
Edgar Krasa, Survivor Who Sang In Theresienstadt Chorus, Dies At 95
BOSTON (JTA) — Edgar Krasa, a Holocaust survivor who sang in the Theresienstadt concentration camp’s chorus, has died. His death Monday was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Defiant Requiem Foundation, which performs the music created by inmates at Theresienstadt (also known as Terezin). Krasa, who had moved to Boston with his family in the 1960s,…
Harvard Law School Dean Who Started Jewish Law Program Steps Down
After seven years as dean of Harvard Law School, Martha Minow, a noted legal scholar, expert in human rights and a leader in Jewish causes, will step down at the end of the academic year.
Ezra Jack Keats Honored With Tribute to ‘The Snowy Day’
As 2016 winds down to a chilly close, it’s time to say “Happy 100th Birthday” to Ezra Jack Keats, the celebrated author of “The Snowy Day.” The classic book for children, published more than 50 years ago, is a tender story of a young African-American boy — clad in a now iconic red-hooded snowsuit — as he…
Harvard Students Say Jewish Values Spurred Them To Stand With Striking Cafeteria Workers
When Harvard University students Gabe Hodgkin and Grace Evans started the new school year, they had no way of knowing they’d be spending a good deal of their time on picket lines and at union rallies.
Michael Bloomberg Donates $50M to Boston Museum of Science
BOSTON (JTA) — Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $50 million to Boston’s Museum of Science, crediting his hometown institution with sparking his intellectual curiosity. The contribution, announced Tuesday, is the single largest in the museum’s history and will fund an endowment to support the institution’s education division that is now named the William…
Shira Goodman, Boston Community Leader, Named CEO of Staples
BOSTON (JTA) — Staples appointed longtime Boston Jewish community leader Shira Goodman as the office supply chain’s president and CEO following a worldwide search. Goodman, 55, had been serving in the top executive position on an interim basis since June following the departure of former CEO Ron Sargent. She will helm a company with nearly…
