Bloombergs’ legacy lives on in new Medford library
MEDFORD — When Michael Bloomberg and his younger sister, Marjorie, were growing up in the city in the 1950s, the...
Israeli entrepreneurs bring heavenly pastry, divine pitas to Boston
Boston, meet Uri Scheft’s tantalizing babka. And get ready to say hello to Ayal Shani’s world-class, Mediterranean-inspired whole roasted cauliflower....
Israel Arbeiter, a forceful driver of Holocaust memory in Boston, dies at 96
BOSTON (JTA)– Israel “Izzy” Arbeiter, a Holocaust survivor who became an indefatigable leader for other survivors and a prominent voice...
‘At home in the world’ sheds light on Jewish women’s travels
As a young college graduate in the early 1900s, Ella Davis traveled through Europe and around the Mediterranean with her...
Wyner Center preserves treasured records of local Jewish history
BOSTON – It’s a century-old scrapbook, with a modest, mottled black-and-white cover and yellowed interior pages, the kind of common...
New children’s books spotlight High Holidays
With more than 400 books to her name, fans of Jane Yolen might wonder where the acclaimed Western Massachusetts author...
Jewish greats – and their fans – return for Tanglewood summer series
The countdown is on. One week from now – after more than a year of arts institutions, theaters, and concert...
A Holocaust tale with a happy ending
On Aug. 5, 1944, two trains pulled into Fort Ontario in Oswego, N.Y., carrying nearly 1,000 refugees who only two...
2021 ReelAbilities film festival spotlights Brookline filmmaker, local story
BROOKLINE – In her decades-long career as an award-winning filmmaker, Andrea Kalin has traveled the globe, from Syria to Haiti, and...
On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust survivor Izzy Arbeiter: ‘Never Forget’
Nearly 80 years ago, under the Nazi occupation of Poland, a young Israel Arbeiter and his parents and siblings were...
