May 27, 2017
2:10 am

Hillary Clinton listens during commencement at Wellesley College May 26, 2017 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images/AFP)

Clinton delivers stinging attack on Trump at graduation speech

Defeated Democratic candidate implicitly compares president to Nixon

By AFP

May 18, 2017
9:44 pm

Seven-year-old transgender boy Jacob Lemay poses for photos in the yard of his home in Melrose, Massachusetts, on May 9, 2017. (JEWEL SAMAD / AFP)

Growing up transgender: US family confronts stigma

Mom says her own rebellion from an ultra-Orthodox community helped her navigate the transition of four-year-old daughter Mia into fun-loving son Jacob

By Catherine TRIOMPHE

April 24, 2017
5:47 pm

Students at the Foxboro Regional Charter School in Massachusetts pose with a Holocaust-related mural in 2016, created through the school's Holocaust Stamps Project (Courtesy)

More than 9.2-million canceled stamps later, Holocaust postage project recognized in Boston

For 8 years, students at a Massachusetts charter school have collected stamps to learn about the Shoah — and push back on bullying

By Matt Lebovic

March 11, 2017
5:10 am

People carry posters during a rally against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, in New York's Times Square, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

ACLU files complaint against revised Trump travel ban

American Civil Liberties Union argues new order is unconstitutional as it discriminates based on religion

By AFP

March 5, 2017
7:52 pm

Illustrative photo of police tape at the JCC in Nashville, Tennessee, after the community center received a bomb threat on January 9, 2017. (Screenshot: The Tennessean)

Mass. JCC evacuated after bomb threat on locker room wall

Police and firefighters search center in Springfield, Massachusetts, but find no trace of explosives

By JTA

February 18, 2017
4:37 am

Violinist Yevgeny Kutik performs at Temple Emanuel in Newton, Massachusetts, on December 16, 2016 (Leah Kleiman)

‘Refugee’ violinist blends Russian-Jewish roots with modern tones

Yevgeny Kutik’s family fled the USSR’s institutionalized anti-Semitism with a suitcase of sheet music when he was 5. Now he tours the free world with a century-old violin

By Matt Lebovic

February 13, 2017
12:50 am

At the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, activists gather in support of refugees on February 12, 2017 (Kaila Fleisig)

Protesters invoke Holocaust at Boston rally against Trump immigration ban

In the shadow of New England’s towering Holocaust memorial, community leaders compare situation of Syrian refugees to that of Jews fleeing Nazi Europe

By Matt Lebovic

February 8, 2017
11:30 pm

The only known photo of Theresienstadt inmates performing Verdi's Requiem for the Dead, taken during the final performance on June 23, 1944. Raphael "Rafi" Schachter is seen conducting the choir, with Adolf Eichmann and an International Red Cross delegation in the audience (courtesy: The Terezin Foundation)

Holocaust survivor Edgar Krasa, singer in Theresienstadt chorus, dies at 95

Krasa fled Czechoslovakia for Israel in 1950s, remaining there for a decade before making his way to Boston

By JTA

February 3, 2017
1:16 pm

Illustrative photo of graffiti featuring a swastika. (CC BY-HHA124L/Flickr/File)

Mass. teacher suspended for disclosing student’s swastika slur

Educator reprimanded for revealing that she rescinded college recommendation letter over anti-Semitic acts

By JTA

January 27, 2017
9:12 am

Terminal 1 at JFK Airport (Wikimedia Commons, Doug Letterman, CC BY 2.0)

US man accused of attacking Muslim airline employee at JFK

Authorities say Robin Rhodes allegedly kicked and hurled obscenities at woman, declared Trump ‘will get rid of all of you’

By AP

January 14, 2017
6:26 am

Illustrative photo of anti-Semitic graffiti (CC BY-zeeweez, Flickr)

Vandals scrawl ‘kill Jews’ at Massachusetts cemetery

Headstones at site knocked off their bases, spray painted with anti-Semitic graffiti

By JTA

January 2, 2017
9:53 am

In this Dec. 10, 2016 photo, Syrian refugee Ahmad Alkhalaf smiles while playing with friends during a day camp for local Muslim children in Sharon, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Armless Syrian boy thrives in US, hopes family can join him

Ahmad Alkhalaf, 11, who grew up outside Aleppo, lost his arms in a bomb blast that killed three of his siblings

By Philip Marcelo

December 13, 2016
10:32 am

Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston on April 15, 2013 (AP/Charles Krupa)

In Israel, Massachusetts police look for help tackling terror

With memories of 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, ADL brings New England cops to study Jewish state’s ability to monitor social media, address terrorist threats

By Judah Ari Gross

December 9, 2016
5:10 am

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker. (Wikimedia)

Critics allege conflict of interest in Massachusetts governor’s Israel trip

New England Israel Business Council organized, Jewish community group financed Charlie Baker’s trip in bid to bolster ties

By JTA

December 9, 2016
1:43 am

Posters promoting the white supremacist group American Vanguard were found at Emerson College in Boston. (screen capture: Twitter)

White supremacist, neo-Nazi posters hung at Boston school

Emerson College President Lee Pelton says such ‘racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric’ has no place on campus

By JTA

Topic: Massachusetts

Clinton delivers stinging attack on Trump at graduation speech

Defeated Democratic candidate implicitly compares president to Nixon

Growing up transgender: US family confronts stigma

Mom says her own rebellion from an ultra-Orthodox community helped her navigate the transition of four-year-old daughter Mia into fun-loving son Jacob

More than 9.2-million canceled stamps later, Holocaust postage project recognized in Boston

For 8 years, students at a Massachusetts charter school have collected stamps to learn about the Shoah — and push back on bullying

ACLU files complaint against revised Trump travel ban

American Civil Liberties Union argues new order is unconstitutional as it discriminates based on religion

Mass. JCC evacuated after bomb threat on locker room wall

Police and firefighters search center in Springfield, Massachusetts, but find no trace of explosives

‘Refugee’ violinist blends Russian-Jewish roots with modern tones

Yevgeny Kutik’s family fled the USSR’s institutionalized anti-Semitism with a suitcase of sheet music when he was 5. Now he tours the free world with a century-old violin

Protesters invoke Holocaust at Boston rally against Trump immigration ban

In the shadow of New England’s towering Holocaust memorial, community leaders compare situation of Syrian refugees to that of Jews fleeing Nazi Europe

Holocaust survivor Edgar Krasa, singer in Theresienstadt chorus, dies at 95

Krasa fled Czechoslovakia for Israel in 1950s, remaining there for a decade before making his way to Boston

Mass. teacher suspended for disclosing student’s swastika slur

Educator reprimanded for revealing that she rescinded college recommendation letter over anti-Semitic acts

US man accused of attacking Muslim airline employee at JFK

Authorities say Robin Rhodes allegedly kicked and hurled obscenities at woman, declared Trump ‘will get rid of all of you’

Vandals scrawl ‘kill Jews’ at Massachusetts cemetery

Headstones at site knocked off their bases, spray painted with anti-Semitic graffiti

Armless Syrian boy thrives in US, hopes family can join him

Ahmad Alkhalaf, 11, who grew up outside Aleppo, lost his arms in a bomb blast that killed three of his siblings

In Israel, Massachusetts police look for help tackling terror

With memories of 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, ADL brings New England cops to study Jewish state’s ability to monitor social media, address terrorist threats

Critics allege conflict of interest in Massachusetts governor’s Israel trip

New England Israel Business Council organized, Jewish community group financed Charlie Baker’s trip in bid to bolster ties

White supremacist, neo-Nazi posters hung at Boston school

Emerson College President Lee Pelton says such ‘racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric’ has no place on campus

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