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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

Boston

Security camera footage shows a person suspected of having a connection to a fire at the home of a rabbi, which serves as a Chabad community center, in Arlington, Massachusetts, on May 11, 2019. (Screen capture, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 18, 2024, 11:57 pm
Brother of suspect in Boston antisemitic arsons pleads guilty to obstructing justice
Former security guard at US embassy in Sweden admits he tampered with documents related to his brother, the prime suspect in a 2019 spree of antisemitic arsons, who died in 2020
By AP
NASA Planetary Science Division director Lori Glaze, left, John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory DART coordination lead Nancy Chabot, and DART program scientist Tom Statler speak during a media briefing about the agency's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), at NASA headquarters on October 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
October 4, 2024, 12:57 pm
A scientist helps save the world from asteroids. What would the Midrash say?
Addressing Boston’s Vilna Shul as part of its Lifesavers Speaker Series, Dr. Nancy Chabot shows how collaboration in the emerging field of planetary defense proves a rabbinic adage
By Rich Tenorio
A man was rushed to the hospital with severe burn wounds after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Boston (pictured) on September 11, in protest of the Israel-Hamas war. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images via JTA)
September 17, 2024, 3:08 am
Boston man suffering from severe burns after self-immolating outside Israeli consulate
Matt Nelson had warned in a video uploaded to YouTube that he was going to engage in an ‘extreme act of protest’ due to ‘the ongoing genocide in Gaza’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Ruth Fein, the first woman to chair Boston's Combined Jewish Philanthropies, enjoys a boat ride in Lake George, Massachuseets. (Michael Fein via JTA)
February 28, 2024, 11:05 am
Ruth Fein, ‘absolute giant of the Boston Jewish community,’ dies at 96
Shattering glass ceilings every step of the way, Fein played a transformational role in Jewish communal life, infusing her work with her passion for Jewish and social causes
By Penny Schwartz
A file photo of a Homeland Security vehicle parked outside the Moakley Federal Courthouse, April 19, 2023, in Boston. (AP/Steven Senne, File)
January 30, 2024, 1:54 am
Massachusetts man arrested for alleged threats to bomb synagogues, kill congregants
59-year-old suspect left threatening voicemails for two synagogues and a Jewish organization, faces up to 10 years in jail
By AP and ToI Staff
Demonstrators calling for a ceasefire in Gaza after shutting down the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in conjunction with the APEC Summit taking place, November 16, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP/Noah Berger)
November 17, 2023, 1:01 am
Demonstrators demanding ceasefire in Gaza block bridges in San Francisco and Boston
Protesters accuse Israel of ‘genocide’ in war against Hamas, call to end US military aid while shuttering major span of Bay Bridge during trade summit attended by Biden
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Eliza Kanner is entering her third season as a cheerleader for the New England Patriots. (Courtesy of the New England Patriots/Dwight Darian)
June 24, 2023, 3:18 am
Meet Eliza Kanner: Israel advocate by day, New England Patriots cheerleader by night
Her day job is senior development officer at Combined Jewish Philanthropies, the Boston-area Jewish federation. Since 2021, she’s also an NFL cheerleader
By jacob gurvis
Economy Minister Nir Barkat arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 16, 2023, 5:13 pm
‘Israel shooting itself in the foot,’ Jewish leaders warn Barkat in Boston
Heads of Jewish organizations tell economy minister that government’s extremist members and judicial overhaul are making defending Israel a tall task
By ToI Staff
Mayyim Hayyim is a community mikveh outside of Boston. (Courtesy Mayyim Hayyim via JTA)
February 16, 2023, 8:32 am
Boston pluralistic community mikveh closes after pipes burst in freezing weather
Video shows damage to Mayyim Hayyim congregation’s ritual baths; no date set for reopening; CEO: ‘The impact is devastating’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A couple prepares to step on a glass, a symbol in Jewish weddings, after their Jewish ceremony in Boston, February 7, 2023. (Igor Klimov via JTA)
February 11, 2023, 1:31 am
Boston Chabad marries 3 couples who were barred from having Jewish weddings in USSR
‘It was my dream’: Ukraine-born husbands and wives, married for a collective 125 years, stand under huppah for 1st time because religious ceremonies were illegal in Soviet Union
By Penny Schwartz
Front cover of Cora Wilburn's book 'Cosella Wayne'. (Screenshot/Youtube: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 14, 2022, 11:07 am
19th century US Jewish novelist has hometown bridge named after her
‘How very fitting that we now remember this bridge builder with this bridge,’ professor says of commemoration in Massachusetts town for Cora Wilburn
By Penny Schwartz
Police and emergency personnel respond the scene of an explosion in Boston, September 13, 2022. (WCVB via AP)
September 14, 2022, 8:44 am
One injured as package explodes on Boston university campus
Man suffer minor injuries in blast; bomb squad defuses another explosive at city’s Museum of Fine Arts; FBI assisting with investigation
By WILLIAM J. KOLE
A swastika, painted on the wall of the Stedelijk Museum overnight, is seen in Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 22, 2019 (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
July 1, 2022, 10:43 pm
Boston-area college employee fired over repeated antisemitic graffiti
Unnamed Curry College staff member identified as alleged culprit behind rash of hateful messages scrawled across campus dating back to January
By Andrew Lapin
A rededication ceremony at the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, following an act of vandalism, on July 11, 2017. (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
April 12, 2022, 11:55 pm
Boston couple helping city build its first Holocaust museum
Jody Kipnis and Todd Ruderman say museum, which will be located near Boston Common, will strive ‘to make the lessons of the Holocaust relevant to new generations’
By Andrew Lapin
A server carries rolls to a table of customers seated outside at Legal Sea Foods, on May 26, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
February 27, 2022, 7:47 pm
George Berkowitz, the founder of Legal Sea Foods, dies at 97
Son of a Russian immigrant, Berkowitz founded the now-sprawling restaurant chain in 1950 as a fish market in a Boston suburb
By AP
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