Massachusetts
Massachusetts rabbis say synagogues should not rush to reopen
“We do not want our family, friends and neighbors to become statistics,” the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis said in a statement.
‘Palestine’ in Arabic painted on UMass Hillel on Holocaust Remembrance Day
The university’s chancellor called the vandalism a “brazen act of anti-Semitism.”
Bail revoked for man charged with attempt to firebomb Mass. Jewish assisted living facility
The judge ruled John Rathbun was to “unstable” to remain unmonitored at his parents’ home.
Man charged with trying to blow up Jewish nursing home on ‘Jew killing day’
The FBI said that a white supremacist group posted online about “Jew killing day” the day before the incendiary device was placed at the home.
Who was that alone on the bimah on Shabbat? The (non-Jewish) governor of Massachusetts.
What Gov. Charlie Baker, who is not Jewish, had to say was the Shabbat message so many Jews are feeling.
Israeli Flag Tagged With Swastika Found Near Cape Cod Shul
The rabbi of the Falmouth Jewish Congregation said it’s the first such incident in his nearly 30 years leading the congregation.
Anti-Semitic, Racist Graffiti Discovered At Revolutionary War Site
Dozens of local residents and clergy gathered at the historic Fort Revere Park in Hull, Massachusetts, to protest anti-Semitic, racist graffiti.
Israeli Woman Chases Down Man Who Flashed And Tried To Grab Her
A veteran of the Israeli military and a personal trainer, she held the man and asked passers-by to call 911, but no one was willing to get involved.
Anti-Semitic Fliers Calling Holocaust ‘Fake News’ Posted At Synagogue
A synagogue in the coastal town of Marblehead is the target of a multi-state attack.
Teenage Yeshiva Boys Save Drowning Man With Swastika Tattoo
The teens say they have no regrets about helping a man with an anti-Semitic tattoo.