Massachusetts

June 14, 2018, 10:54 am

Boston-area mikveh in shock after funds go missing

Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh, a small but celebrated ritual bath open to all parts of the Jewish community, says an employee misused its money

By Josefin Dolsten

Boston cit councilor Josh Zakim (YouTube screenshot)

June 6, 2018, 8:46 am

Son of late Boston ADL legend gets Dems’ nod for Mass. secretary of state

City councilor Josh Zakim, whose father Leonard Zakim fought to advance local civil rights, bests incumbent William Galvin at convention

By JTA

During an outing in 1922, Walter Hollander (third from left) with friends (public domain)

May 23, 2018, 3:49 am

Who was Anne Frank’s gay Uncle Walter?

After being imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Walter Hollander fled Germany. Once settled in Massachusetts, he attempted to help the Frank family flee Europe

By Matt Lebovic

Pastor Scott Lively, Republican gubernatorial candidate for Massachusetts. (Screen capture: YouTube)

May 13, 2018, 10:22 pm

Pastor who said gay Nazis behind Holocaust to run for Massachusetts governor

Scott Lively, founder of anti-LGBT group listed as a hate group by SPLC, wins spot on the ballot for Massachusetts Republican primary

By JTA

During the Israel Summit at Harvard, retired NBA All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire (left) is interviewed by HBO sports correspondent Jon Frankel, April 8, 2018 (courtesy: Max August)

April 9, 2018, 1:32 pm

Harvard students tout Israel’s global impact at high-profile summit

The brainchild of eight undergrads, Sunday’s event highlights the Jewish state's 'uplifting narratives'

By Matt Lebovic

The late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a 1964 press conference about the movement he led until his 1968 assassination. (Wikimedia Commons)

February 26, 2018, 11:45 pm

Previously unheard Martin Luther King synagogue speech broadcast in US schools

Hailed as 'historical gem,' 1961 Massachusetts talk by civil rights leader uses phrases and themes from King’s 'I Have a Dream' address delivered two years later

By JTA

Talia Newfield, left, and Zoe Saldinger at Masada in Israel. (Courtesy of Cathryn Saldinger via JTA)

February 13, 2018, 11:29 pm

Boston mourns Jewish teenager and best friend run down by motorist

'This is the worst time of our lives,' says father of Talia Newfield, who was killed along with Adrienne Garrido as they crossed the street

By Penny Schwartz

Lawrence Bacow speaks as he is introduced as Harvard University's 29th president during a news conference on February 11, 2018 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Paul Marotta/Getty Images/AFP)

February 12, 2018, 1:12 am

Lawrence Bacow named next Harvard president

Environmental policy expert, son of Jewish refugee and Auschwitz survivor, to lead university after heading Tufts for a decade

By AP

Drag queen performer Jenayah De Rosario will be featured at a havdalah ceremony at the Lander Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, Mass. (JTA Collage/De Rosario photo: Courtesy of De Rosario; havdalah items photo: Wikimedia Commons)

January 19, 2018, 2:24 am

Breaking down stereotypes, Jewish day school to host drag queen Shabbat ceremony

Massachusetts' Lander Grinspoon Academy will hold 'Sparkle Havdalah' event in recognition of 'all sorts of family structures in our community'

By Josefin Dolsten

William Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts speaks on WGBH news, March 18, 2015. (Screen capture: YouTube)

December 25, 2017, 11:00 pm

Massachusetts struggles to avoid Yom Kippur clash with 2018 primary

Secretary of state seeking ideas to prevent vote on eve of Day of Atonement

By JTA and TOI staff

Temple Adath Sharon. (Screen capture: Google Maps)

November 26, 2017, 11:47 pm

Massachusetts Chabad sued for allegedly infiltrating Conservative synagogue

Members of local, financially struggling Orthodox group said to have taken over board of Temple Adath Sharon and transferred its assets

By JTA

In this Sept. 24, 1962 file photo Leonard Bernstein leads the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in the inaugural concert in New York's new Philharmonic Hall. (AP Photo, File)

September 21, 2017, 8:35 pm

Boston kicks off a year of US tributes to Leonard Bernstein

2018 is Jewish composer and conductor's 100 year birth anniversary; New York Philharmonic to play tributes to its former director as well

By WILLIAM J. KOLE

A rededication ceremony at the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, following an act of vandalism, July 11, 2017 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)

July 12, 2017, 12:16 pm

Boston Holocaust memorial rededicated after vandalism

After one of the Shoah memorial's glass towers was shattered last month, community leaders gather to unveil repairs and praise Boston's response to the incident

By Matt Lebovic

Members of the federal police carry a Nazi statue at the Interpol headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 16, 2017. (AP/Natacha Pisarenko)

July 5, 2017, 12:08 pm

Top collector cries foul on Nazi memorabilia trove uncovered in Buenos Aires

Argentinian officials claim recently discovered Nazi-era artifacts are 'original pieces'; some US-based aficionados of Third Reich collectibles beg to differ

By Matt Lebovic

Illustrative image of Marblehead Eastern Yacht Club
in Marblehead, Massachusetts. (CC BY-SA joefrogger, Wikimedia commons)

July 3, 2017, 4:02 pm

Anti-Semitic graffiti sprayed on Massachussets harbor wall

'End the Jew,' 'Bernie is a cuck,' 'no' symbols surrounding Star of David and IDF are painted in Marblehead; residents to condemn incident

By JTA