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...
Author to speak on women of the underground during Holocaust
In August 1942, 17-year-old Renia Kukielka anguished over parting from her beloved family. For three tumultuous years under the Nazi...
A hidden world revealed: Life in the Lodz Ghetto
BOSTON – In a remarkable story of resilience and a commitment to preserve historical memory, a group of nearly 50...
L’Chaim! Keeping Yiddish culture alive and well in Somerville
SOMERVILLE – In the late 1980s, Linda Gritz and Michael Katz were eagerly expecting the birth of their first child....
New Consul General to N.E. says ‘I’ll do my best to show what Israel is all about’
BOSTON – The friendly handshakes, informal drop-ins to Shabbat services, and schmoozing at cultural events have been replaced with Zoom...
