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My parents were married there. My grandparents worshiped there. Nearly every day during my teaching sabbatical last year at McGill, I drove by there. And this winter a man carrying a canister of gasoline spray-painted...

MARBLEHEAD – The resignation letter of the former police officer who allegedly scratched a swastika into the paint of a fellow officer’s car in the summer of 2019 – an incident which only came to...

SOMERVILLE – In the late 1980s, Linda Gritz and Michael Katz were eagerly expecting the birth of their first child. They were young transplants from New York City who settled here while pursuing their careers...

The Hebrew month of Adar has begun. According to the Talmud, “when the month of Adar arrives, we increase in joy” and welcome a season of miracles. The Talmud also states that this month is...

The Anti-Defamation League of New England was able to zoom in on film and photos that captured symbols on clothing, flags, hats, and signs that identified people from the region who participated in the siege...

SALEM – Speaking during a Zoom event for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 91-year-old New Jersey Holocaust survivor and author Judith Sherman told an audience of nearly 400 that the Capitol insurrection and the pandemic have...

As the state entered a new phase marked by a shortage of the COVID-19 vaccine and confusion about where and how to sign up for the inoculation, Jewish infectious disease doctors and elder care facilities...

MARBLEHEAD – Dozens of residents and the Marblehead Racial Justice Team are demanding answers about an incident involving a former town police officer who allegedly scratched a swastika into another officer’s personal vehicle. The incident...

MARBLEHEAD – A journalism study commission championed by state Rep. Lori Ehrlich of Marblehead and state Sen. Brendan Crighton of Lynn could provide new ways for news to bloom in Bay State media deserts. Ehrlich,...

MARBLEHEAD – Temple Sinai has established a Rabbi Search Committee and expects that a new spiritual leader will be on the job by July 1, according to temple president Ira Dinnes. “Ideally we would like...