Massachusetts
‘A lot of work to do’: A Black female rabbi on the anti-racist progress the Jewish community has, and hasn’t, made
“Race is new for white people, and that’s part of the problem. Jewish whiteness and the Jewish relationship to racism is different.”
Jewish GOP leader wants Republican men to reconsider getting the COVID-19 vaccine
The Jewish vice chair of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee, Tom Mountain, is using his personal experience with COVID-19 to appeal to his “fellow Republican men” to get vaccinated.
Amid rancor and recrimination, Brandeis University president rejects contract
In an escalating row with Brandeis University, President Ron Liebowitz released a statement on Tuesday announcing that he would not accept an offer from the university’s Board of Trustees for a one-year contract. The dispute appears to be over missed fundraising targets over the past year.
A Tufts student government fight shows what’s wrong with the Israel-Palestine debate
Those who’ve paid attention to Jewish media world in the past week have seen the dramatic build up and sudden dissipation of the story about Tufts University junior Max Price, an outspoken pro-Israel member of the student government, and the Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine group. Price became the cause celebre du jour for one hot second in the ongoing debate about whether pro-Israel students are being targeted in an antisemitic way on American college campuses.
From Twisted Sister to the pulpit, a deaf rabbi finds his place in ‘a society not set up for you’
“Heavy metal saved my life. It expressed my rage at being a kid with a disability who was different.”
A Jewish progressive, loses bid to oust powerful Massachusetts incumbent
Robbie Goldstein, another Jewish progressive seeking to unseat a more conservative Democrat, fell short in the state’s 8th District.
Jewish Congressional candidate Alex Morse faces allegations of inappropriate relationships
“I want to be clear that every relationship I’ve had has been consensual,” Morse said.
Elected mayor at 22. Alex Morse, a gay Jewish progressive, is now running for Congress.
Nearly a decade after taking the reins in a Massachusetts city of 40,000, he is facing a powerful incumbent and aligning himself with “the Squad.”
Man indicted on firebombing attempt of Mass. Jewish-sponsored assisted living facility
The targeted facility is located within one square mile of three synagogues, a Jewish school and a JCC.
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.