The New Year brings a delightful selection of children’s books
Leave it to Eric A. Kimmel, author of the classic “Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins,” whose scores of award-winning Jewish...
Maurice Sendak’s journey from page to stage on display at Gardner Museum
“Where the Wild Things Are.” “In the Night Kitchen.” “Outside Over There.” The “Nutshell Library.” These classic illustrated children’s books...
The hills are alive with the sounds of Tanglewood, Yidstock
Music fans, take note. From the sprawling lawns of Tanglewood, nestled in the rolling hills of the Berkshires, to Yidstock:...
How a boy who fled Nazi Germany became the father of video games
Minecraft, Super Mario Bros., Guitar Hero, and Grand Theft Auto. Today, these and other best-selling video games are the source...
After 2-year delay, Philip Guston art exhibit explores his Jewish identity – under a cloud of controversy
BOSTON (JTA) — Many visitors to the newly-opened Philip Guston (born Goldstein) exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston...
Recalling the first walk across the Zakim
BOSTON — It was a chance to make history. Twenty years ago this month, on a damp Mother’s Day –...
New children’s books tell the ancient story of Passover
Welcoming guests is one of Passover’s most cherished mitzvoth, reflected in the directive “Let all who are hungry come and...
At Tufts, a student campaign urges peers not to join pro-Israel groups
MEDFORD — This month, Tufts’ Students for Justice in Palestine chapter called for a strategic boycott against Israel, asking students...
Yad Chessed prepares to fulfill Purim’s mitzvah of tzedakah
Sometimes you just have to ask for help. That’s a message Marsha Finkelstein hopes others in the Jewish community take...
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...
