Massachusetts

Outrage after man dressed as Hitler, standing on Israeli flag, salutes Boston Marathon runners

Israeli Consul to New England Benjamin Sharoni said that the incident was an attempt to intimidate Jewish runners, adding that the incident "must be condemned without reservation."

 Runners cross the finish line during the 130th Boston Marathon on April 20, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts.
A copy of Say It In Yiddish.

Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center, pioneer in Holocaust studies, to close

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 26, 2026.

Sword-wielding Massachusetts man arrested over threats to Trump, FBI says

KASH PATEL is applauded by his partner Alexis Wilkins after being sworn in as FBI director by US Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus in Washington, DC, US, February 21, 2025.

FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend receives threatening email, Massachusetts man arrested


Antisemitic vandalism at Massachusetts cemetery more widespread - police

At least 59 gravestones were vandalized with swastikas and anti-Semitic epithets at the Hebrew Cemetery in Fall River, Massachusetts,

Gravestones at the Jewish cemetery in Quatzenheim, France, vandalized with Nazi graffiti, February 19.

Antisemitic fliers found in suburban Boston Jewish community

Antisemitic fliers were found distributed across the city of Newton, Massachusetts.

Supporters of the National Socialist Movement, a white nationalist political group, give Nazi salutes while taking part in a swastika burning at an undisclosed location in Georgia, US on April 21, 2018

Hanukkah menorah toppled near Harvard University

The menorah is sponsored by Chabad at Harvard with permission of the city of Cambridge, according to Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi, the college Chabad’s director

Harvard University

This Jewish day school is hosting a drag queen Shabbat ceremony

The event will also feature plenty of glitter, including workshops to make sparkly spice bags and crowns, a photo booth with costumes and face painting.

A drag queen performs on stage before the Drag Race in central Jerusalem, February 16, 2015.

Massachusetts schools wrestle with an increase in antisemitism

So far in 2017, there have been 53 antisemitic incidents in Massachusetts K-12 schools, an increase of more than 60 percent over the 33 school-based incidents.

Pine cones spelling out antisemitic messages near Pittsburgh, US.

Prickly politics at the nail salon is an unwelcome nail-biter

The Jerusalem Post

Church's showing of film on Israel draws protest

The protesters against the film say its presents a "factually incorrect and distorted" account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

First Universalist Church