‘Etched in Glass,’ the tribute to Holocaust survivor Steve Ross, to debut on GBH 2
In the spring of 1995, 50 years after Stephan Ross was liberated from the Dachau concentration camp in Germany, his...
Mikvahs strive to provide a safe, spiritual place for bathers
BOSTON — Before she got married last fall, Naomi Hachen immersed in a mikvah, embracing the ancient religious practice of...
Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants, 65, remembered as a giant of the Supreme Judicial Court
In late December 2015, Justice Ralph D. Gants, the first Jewish chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in...
Inspiring children’s books light up the holiday season
The joyous weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot takes center stage in a pair of delightful new children’s books that usher...
Temple B’nai Brith finds creative ways to be safe during High Holidays
SOMERVILLE – What do the High Holidays look like during a pandemic? Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, when Jewish...
Denied in their teens, 12 women celebrate their bat mitzvahs
REVERE – When Audrey Siegel was growing up in Revere in the 1940s, her mother insisted that she attend the...
Boston-area Israelis protest Netanyahu, demand resignation
BOSTON – For weeks, Tally Kritzman-Amir followed the news unfolding in Israel where her family and friends joined tens of...
Jewish day schools work together to reopen this fall
Open air tents. Beach-style chairs equipped with arm rests and a place to hold a clipboard and water bottle. And...
Jacob Lawrence’s ‘American Struggle’ reopens at the PEM
SALEM – Six months ago, the debut of “Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle,” at the Peabody Essex Museum, was a...
Brandeis student fights on as next DACA court battle looms
Two weeks ago, Elias Rosenfeld’s life took an unexpected turn for the better. Rosenfeld, a Venezuelan-born Jewish Brandeis University student,...
