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Scott Sokol, head of school at MetroWest Jewish Day School in Framingham, Massachusetts, leading morning circle, in 2019. (Courtesy of MWJDS)
February 2, 2026, 4:36 pm
Boston-area Jewish day school closing after 25 years, says model not ‘sustainable’
Currently, there are only about 20 students enrolled at MetroWest Jewish Day School, officials say.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Matt Nelson was rushed to the hospital with severe burn wounds after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Boston Wednesday night, in protest of the Israel-Hamas war. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)
September 17, 2024, 12:35 pm
Man suffers severe burns after self-immolation protest outside Israeli consulate in Boston
The incident marks at least the third instance of self-immolation in the United States outside of an Israeli consulate or embassy in protest of Israel's military campaign in Gaza.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
At left: Embrace, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial sculpture at Boston Common. (Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) At right: Rabbi Michael Shire of Central Reform Temple holds the congregation’s Torah scroll before a march to the Embrace, Jan. 13, 2023. (Penny Schwartz)
January 14, 2023, 9:32 pm
As Boston dedicates a massive monument to Martin Luther King, local Jews march in solidarity
In honor of both King’s birthday and the 50th anniversary of Heschel’s death, Boston Common is home to marchers again.
By Penny Schwartz
Protesters call for the destruction of Israel and victory for Palestinian terrorists, outside the JNF’s 2022 National Conference in Boston, Nov. 5, 2022. (Source: Canary Mission via JNS)
November 11, 2022, 11:29 am
Boston Mapping Project protest calls for an intifada
In a protest outside JNF-USA’s 2022 National Conference, the Mapping Project brought together a host of anti-Israel groups that call for the destruction of Israel.
By JNS
The Lehrhaus is inspired in part by Frankfurt's Jewish House of Free Study, where intellectuals of the early 20th century like Bertha Pappenheim, Leo Lowenthal, and Martin Buber lectured and learned. (Getty Images. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg)
August 10, 2022, 11:31 am
Boston’s Jews are getting a ‘Jewish tavern’ to study religious text — and drink beer
With a full menu of food and drinks inspired by flavors from across the Jewish Diaspora, serious study won’t be the only reason to stop in.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Curry College in Milton, Mass. (Credit: Daderot via Wikimedia Commons)
July 1, 2022, 1:53 pm
Boston-area college fires employee who allegedly hit campus with repeated antisemitic graffiti
At least five separate acts of vandalism were recorded, targeting both the college’s Jewish and Black students.
By Andrew Lapin
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest in Boston, July 22, 2014. (Christopher Evans/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
June 23, 2022, 2:39 pm
Global BDS movement disavows Boston project mapping Jewish groups
Some in Congress push for a federal investigation
By Andrew Lapin
A map of purported connections between Jewish groups and other organizations in Massachusetts created by progressive activist group The Mapping Project, which says its goal is to map 'institutional support for the colonization of Palestine." (Screenshot)
June 8, 2022, 9:16 pm
Is pro-Palestinian group’s map of local ‘Zionist leaders’ in Massachusetts a guide to antisemitism?
Jewish groups say say The Mapping Project’s efforts amount to little more than an attempt to catalogue and intimidate area Jews.
By Andrew Lapin
Rabbi Elaine Zecher. Photo courtesy of Temple Israel of Boston
September 9, 2021, 9:34 pm
Connecting with the divine
Rabbi Elaine Zecher's new book helps integrate theology into readers' lives
By Adam Reinherz
Hundreds gather on July 2, 2021, for a rally in Brighton, Mass., in support of Rabbi Shlomo Noginski, who was stabbed the day before in the same park across the street from his Jewish day school. (Courtesy of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston)
July 7, 2021, 10:20 am
Boston Jews rally together after streak of attacks in the area
Violence against American Jews is historically high
By Penny Schwartz
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