Penny Schwartz
By Penny Schwartz
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Culture A superhero, a scientist and a T. rex who scares his seder guests star in 2024’s new Passover children’s books
Learn about 11 new children’s books released for Passover 2024
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Fast Forward Ruth Fein, ‘absolute giant of the Boston Jewish community,’ dies at 96
The first woman chair of the local federation’s board of directors was “a passionate advocate for social justice and Jewish life and Israel.”
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Fast Forward Picture book about family that celebrates Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year nabs top Sydney Taylor Jewish children’s book award
A Holocaust novel, a middle-grades story about an Orthodox girl and the publisher of the Sammy Spider series also got awards from the Association of Jewish Libraries
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Fast Forward Boston writer Norm Finkelstein, whose YA books championed Jewish heroes, dies at 82
The Boston educator and author would joke about sharing a name with one of the most vociferous critics of Israel
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Fast Forward A Harry Potter fan’s murder reverberates from Israel to Boston
The death of a grandmother and her granddaughter with special needs shocked family members in the United States
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Fast Forward They were denied Jewish weddings in the Soviet Union. So these 3 couples just got married again.
“It was my dream for many, many years and dreams come true,” said Elisheva Furman, who first married her husband Fishel in Ukraine 50 years ago
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Fast Forward American Library Association honors children’s book about shtetl life before the Holocaust
The top picture book tells the story of Yaffa Eliach, whose history research generated a core of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Fast Forward As Boston dedicates a massive monument to Martin Luther King, local Jews march in solidarity
“It‘a a rekindling of our commitment to racial justice, equity and equality,” said a synagogue board member who joined in
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