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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 342

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Illustrative image of a doctor comforting a patient with Alzheimer's Disease. (Chinnapong, iStock by Getty Images)
May 8, 2024, 10:24 pm
Study seeks to explain why Sephardi Jews more likely to get early-onset Alzheimer’s
NIH grants $13 million for genetic research after 2018 research showed Jews with roots in Spain, Middle East and North Africa see far more cases of early cognitive decline
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Elie Wiesel (left) with student Ariel Burger, author of a book based on Wiesel as an educator (courtesy)
November 22, 2018, 4:05 am
From Elie Wiesel’s classroom, lessons in sainthood and redemption
As the late Holocaust survivor’s teaching assistant, Ariel Burger learned to unpack his own personal life with guidance from Nobel Laureate Wiesel, his mentor of two decades
By Matt Lebovic
Elie Wiesel in his office in New York, September 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
September 17, 2017, 7:59 pm
Boston University honors Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel
Students and scholars gather to celebrate writings and teachings of celebrated Holocaust survivor, who died last year, aged 87
By AP
Violinist Yevgeny Kutik performs at Temple Emanuel in Newton, Massachusetts, on December 16, 2016 (Leah Kleiman)
February 18, 2017, 4:37 am
‘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
Friends of Ezra Schwartz took a 'polar plunge' in Massachusetts on November 26, 2015, to raise funds in his memory (Facebook and YouTube)
December 21, 2015, 11:05 pm
From Boston to Beit Shemesh, slain Ezra Schwartz honored with service and sports
A month after his murder by Palestinian terrorists, a look at mitzvah projects — from ‘epic wiffle tournaments’ to polar plunges — inspired by 18-year-old athlete
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative: At an anti-Israel protest in Boston on July 11, 2014, pro-Palestinian activists surrounded several Israel supporters, hurling insults and allegedly physically assaulting pro-Israel students (photo credit: Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
July 13, 2014, 12:40 am
Pro-Israel students ‘assaulted’ at Boston protest
Jewish students called ‘Jesus killers’ and swarmed by dozens of anti-Israel demonstrators at rally outside Israeli consulate
By Matt Lebovic
A jetliner flies over flags flying at half-staff at the Washington Monument in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, after President Obama ordered flags to be lowered on federal building to honor the loss of life from the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (photo credit: AP/J. David Ake)
April 17, 2013, 7:19 am
Restaurant manager, 8-year-old among Boston bomb victims
17 casualties listed in critical condition; Boston cardinal, visiting Israel, prays for fatalities of marathon tragedy
By Bridget Murphy
Richard L. Cravatts
March 31, 2013, 1:02 am
Richard L. Cravatts
At Boston U: propaganda dressed as scholarship
An upcoming ‘Right of Return Conference’ will feature a cast of speakers with a shared aim of demonizing Israel
Elie Wiesel (photo credit: AP/Bebeto Matthews/File)
October 9, 2012, 2:52 am
Heart bypass and Madoff behind him, Elie Wiesel celebrates his latest book
‘I’ve seen worse,’ Auschwitz survivor jokes about recent troubles, also praising elements of the Koran and his relationship with President Obama
By Verena Dobnik
A traveling exhibition organized by Bulgaria's government explores the relatively high survival rate of the country's Jews during the Nazi era. (Photo credit: Matt Lebovic)
September 29, 2012, 2:43 am
Bulgaria’s president opens exhibit on country’s WWII defense of Jews
After a stop at the UN General Assembly, Rosen Plevneliev speaks at launch event at Boston University’s Hillel
By Matt Lebovic
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