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Democrat Ayanna Pressley gives her victory speech at an election night party after being elected to represent Massachusetts' 7th congressional district, on November 6, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
November 9, 2018, 10:36 am
How we got Ayanna Pressley wrong on Israel
The first woman of color elected to the House of Representatives from Massachusetts joins other progressive trend-setters — but it’s a mistake to think she’s the same
By Ron Kampeas
The Boston installation of 'Lest We Forget,' a Holocaust remembrance project centered on survivor photographs taken by Luigi Toscano, October 16, 2018 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
October 18, 2018, 3:30 am
At historic Boston Common, passersby come face-to-face with the Holocaust
Through November 10, large portraits of aging survivors appear in Boston installation of photographer Luigi Toscano’s ‘Lest We Forget,’ a remembrance project he started in 2015
By Matt Lebovic
Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld (YouTube screenshot)
October 16, 2018, 9:48 pm
Hebrew College installs its first female president
Sharon Cohen Anisfeld become ninth head of Boston school established nearly a century ago
By JTA
Wreckage from the plane that crashed on September 15, 2018 near Boston, killing Michael Graver and Jodi Cohen. (Screen capture: NBC New York)
September 17, 2018, 6:55 pm
New York couple die in crash of small plane near Boston
Michael Graver, 65, a cardiac surgeon, and Jodi Cohen, 52, a real estate agent, were on their way to a lunch date
By JTA
Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze caused by over pressurized gas lines on September 13, 2018 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP)
September 15, 2018, 3:27 pm
Jewish groups offer help to synagogues affected by Boston-area gas explosions
Shabbat services cancelled at Temple Emmanuel in Andover as local organizations say Jewish community can help ‘by hosting a family for Yom Kippur’
By JTA
Josh Zakim. (Facebook via JTA)
September 6, 2018, 8:51 am
Son of Jewish civil rights leaders loses upstart bid in Massachusetts
Josh Zakim, son of Leonard Zakim, loses bid to replace longtime state Secretary of State William Galvin by 67-33 margin
By JTA
Hebrew College in suburban Boston, United States. (Courtesy of Hebrew College via JTA)
August 21, 2018, 12:17 am
Boston’s Hebrew College sells its campus to shore up its future
US school describes move as ‘transformative milestone’ as it nears its centennial; contract gives institution several years to find alternative location
By Penny Schwartz
In Burlington Massachusetts, a gathering on Tisha B'Av is held outside the government's ICE offices, July 22, 2018 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
July 23, 2018, 2:48 pm
US Jews rally for immigrants to mark Tisha B’Av day of mourning
In a dozen cities, Jews lament the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, demand their cancellation, and are sorrowful at this new ‘national tragedy’
By Matt Lebovic
A view of Taam China in Brookline, Mass. (Google Maps via JTA)
July 5, 2018, 12:23 am
Boston kosher eatery to remain open despite peeping tom charges against co-owner
Town board says Taam China restaurant in Brookline must present reorganization plan to ban proprietor accused of filming customers in the toilet
By JTA
Exterior of Boston’s historic Vilna Shul, which is now a city landmark and tourist destination. (Vilna Shul Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture)
June 26, 2018, 6:44 am
Boston gives city’s century-old synagogue $500,000 for historic preservation
Grant will help make once-abandoned tourist landmark fully accessible for the elderly and those with disabilities
By JTA
The Ohabei Shalom Cemetery with its burial chapel in East Boston, Massachusetts, on June 10, 2018 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
June 20, 2018, 10:55 pm
Immigrant center planned in the grounds of Boston’s oldest Jewish cemetery
Inside a converted burial chapel, the city’s newest and most vulnerable residents will access citizenship resources alongside content on East Boston’s Jewish past
By Matt Lebovic
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
Arlington High School in Massachusetts, US, on August 6, 2007. (Tim Pierce/Wikipedia)
May 23, 2018, 3:48 pm
Students who daubed swastikas on school can face victims, instead of prosecution
After consulting Jewish community, US authorities give 14 vandals opportunity to avoid criminal charges
By JTA
Founder of Israeli Stage Guy Ben-Aharon, who has produced more than 30 staged readings and full productions of Israeli plays since 2010 (courtesy)
May 18, 2018, 6:14 pm
Boston theater producer happy to air Israel’s ‘dirty laundry’ on stage
After several major Israeli theaters passed on Joshua Sobol’s ‘The Last Act,’ a small American troupe took on staging the ‘politically potent’ play’s world premiere on May 18
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative: A swastika spray-painted at a playground in Lakewood, New Jersey, August 2016. (AP)
May 9, 2018, 7:02 pm
14 Boston-area students accused of painting swastikas on building
Teens who allegedly used fire extinguishers to spray Nazi symbol and anti-gay slurs also accused of smashing vending machines and display cases at Arlington High School
By JTA
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