Arts & Culture

Since El Al ceased its nonstop flights from Boston to Tel Aviv during the COVID-19 pandemic, travelers have had to fly to other cities to get on to planes for Israel. But that will change...

As a young college graduate in the early 1900s, Ella Davis traveled through Europe and around the Mediterranean with her father, a prominent member of Cincinnati’s Jewish community. She kept a diary about her journeys,...

BOSTON – Is "The Merchant of Venice" a ‘problem play?’ Igor Golyak believes it is—but not in the way that many scholars and buffs see it. "The line ‘Hath not a Jew eyes?’ was not...

Chaim Bloom is the general manager of the Boston Red Sox. He grew up in Philadelphia, went to Jewish day school and Yale. At 36, he is considered one of the brightest minds in baseball...

CHELSEA – Eleanor Karp, a much beloved resident of the Leonard Florence Center for Living, turned 107 on Sept. 1. Wearing a festive tiara, Eleanor celebrated this milestone day with family, friends, residents, and staff...

BOSTON – Holocaust survivor Israel ‘Izzy’ Arbeiter of Newton, an eyewitness to the horrors of Nazi concentration camps, will be honored during a virtual community event on Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. The event is...

BOSTON – Hillel Council of New England (HCNE) announced that it has begun a new partnership with Combined Jewish Philanthropies. HCNE is CJP’s operating partner for Boston Onward Israel, the flagship professional internship program in...

Early in 2019, staff and faculty from the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University met to discuss plans for the center’s signature program, the Yom HaShoah commemoration. Time was of the...

Age: 30 Hebrew name: I do not have one… Yet! I am working on my conversion with Rabbi Alison Adler, who is also one of my supervisors at Temple B’nai Abraham. Job: Office administrator for...

With more than 400 books to her name, fans of Jane Yolen might wonder where the acclaimed Western Massachusetts author gets ideas for her still-growing, dazzling array of new books. In the case of her...