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Topic: Massachusetts

May 4, 2013
7:37 am

Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev (photo credit: AP/The Lowell Sun, Julia Malakie)

No one wants to bury Boston bomb suspect

‘Problem trying to find a gravesite,’ says funeral home as protesters gather outside; cause of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s death listed as gunshot wounds, blunt trauma

April 25, 2013
10:34 am

Jewish Chronicle in central Massachusetts to close

87-year-old paper began as the Jewish Civic Leader, established by five local Jewish businessmen

April 20, 2013
6:42 pm

Officers wearing tactical gear arrive in Watertown, near Boston, on Friday (photo credit: AP/Julio Cortez)

Final shootout, then Boston bombing suspect caught

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s arrest Friday night sparks celebrations; investigation into Monday’s bombing ongoing

April 19, 2013
10:34 pm

This Monday, April 15, 2013 photo shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in blue baseball cap, and Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, in white baseball cap. This image was taken approximately 10-20 minutes before the Boston Marathon blast. (Photo credit: AP/Bob Leonard)

Shock at 2 brothers suspected to be Boston bombers

Friends and relatives plead for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, describe him as positive and bright; elder brother, Tamerlan, leaves behind 3-year-old daughter

April 16, 2013
1:11 am

Two US nuke plants tighten security after blasts

Power stations about 70 kilometers from Boston, where bombs hit marathon

February 14, 2013
7:04 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick in Jerusalem on the latter's 2011 visit here (Photo credit: Amos BenGershom / GPO/Flash90)

MassChallenge tech accelerator to launch sister program in Israel

From the web Boston Herald: With support from New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, the Boston-area start-up program will be making its first foray outside Massachusetts

January 28, 2013
10:19 pm

Now 87, Israel "Izzy" Arbeiter visits Auschwitz, which he survived as a young man while cleaning latrines. (Courtesy of the WWII Foundation)

Survivor returns to Poland to dig up family history, literally

In a new documentary, Izzy Arbeiter honors a promise to his father made just before the family’s deportation to Treblinka

By Matt Lebovic

January 11, 2013
8:02 pm

Reform rabbi in Massachusetts considers Senate run

Jonah Pesner is conducting ‘exploratory conversations’ about attempting to take over John Kerry’s seat

December 25, 2012
12:27 am

Massachusetts synagogue seized by IRS