Penny Schwartz
By Penny Schwartz
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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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Fast Forward Brandeis University reeling after bus accident leaves 1 student dead, dozens injured; Jewish students hold vigils
'We are trying to help students process and grieve,' said Rabbi Seth Winberg of Brandeis Hillel
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Fast Forward Henry Rosovsky, refugee from the Nazis who shaped Harvard University, dies at 95
The economist left behind an outsized legacy for both Jewish and Black Harvard students
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Fast Forward Cora Wilburn, an early American Jewish novelist, gets a bridge named for her in her Mass. town
Wiburn lived in Duxbury, home to a recent antisemitism scandal, from her young adulthood until her death at 82 in 1906
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Fast Forward A German cellist reunited over 30 members of a Jewish family — including some who didn’t know their grandparents’ Holocaust story
What began with the purchase of a building has led to a poignant journey for scores of Blach family members who are rediscovering their history
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