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BOSTON – After nearly two weeks of fighting, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire on Thursday. It began early Friday morning in Israel, and so far it has held.   The short war –...

Amid the ongoing violence, destruction and loss of life between Israel and the militant group Hamas, some members of the Bay State’s congressional delegation weighed in on the conflict, with a mix of criticism and...

MARBLEHEAD – The police think a spate of hateful, vulgar and antisemitic graffiti found in three separate locations around town over the weekend of May 1-2 are “similar,” according to a press release from police...

From his home in Ashkelon – less than 10 miles from the Gaza border – Alan Marcus explains during a phone interview that the warning sirens have begun to blare again, signaling that a missile...

As missiles rained down from Gaza and Israeli Jews and Arabs rioted in the streets last week in the working class city of Lod southeast of Ben Gurion Airport, Daniel Cohen spent much of his time...

SALEM – Veteran Israeli actor Dov Glickman’s portrayal of the stern, bearded, cholent-loving Rabbi Shulem Shtisel in the hit Netflix series “Shtisel” gets two thumbs up from the ultra-Orthodox, he says. “Shtisel” portrays Haredi life...

MARBLEHEAD – The police think three incidents of hateful, vulgar and anti-Semitic graffiti found in separate locations around town over the weekend are “similar,” according to a press release from police Chief Robert Picariello. The...

Epstein Hillel School in Marblehead is excited to welcome Rabbi Samantha Safran as the director of Jewish Life and Learning. In this newly created position, Rabbi Safran will join the leadership team at EHS, and...

When Springfield College senior Kristian Rhim learned that his school had awarded an honorary degree to the late International Olympic Committee head Avery Brundage, Rhim felt that it was time to reconsider the award because...

Members of a Jewish burial society made a case for more inclusion in the ancient practice of preparing the dead for burial, or tahara, during a recent virtual talk on the diversity of gender identities...