Cambridge, Mass., Home Of Harvard And MIT, Turns Away BDS Resolution
Leaders of groups like the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Anti-Defamation League had mobilized in response.
‘Incredible’ Teenage Girl Killed Crossing Suburban Boston Street With Best Friend
The Boston community is mourning two teenage best friends who died over the weekend after being struck by a car.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island Change Election Dates To Avoid High Holidays
Rhode Island will hold an election on a Wednesday.
Harvard Professor Henry Rosovsky Honored For Helping Jewish Life Flourish
When Henry Rosovsky first arrived at Harvard University, he couldn’t have imagines a building would be named in his honor.
Julian Edelman’s Children Book Gets A Jewish Makeover
When New England Patriots star Julian Edelman retires, he could clearly have a promising second career as a Jewish children’s book writer.
School Project To Remember Holocaust Victims Passes 11 Million Stamps
BOSTON (JTA) – A 9-year-old school project to commemorate Holocaust victims surpassed its unlikely goal to collect 11 million stamps – repres
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…
