Massachusetts

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

Andrew Emerald was charged in an eight-count indictment over a string of threatening posts, including one in which he vowed to travel to Mar-a-Lago if Trump was not dead by 2026.

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.
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

An empty classroom

Boston-area Jewish day school to close after 25 years, saying its model is ‘no longer sustainable’

A DELTA Air Lines plane prepares to take off during a winter storm at Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, New York, US, December 26, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays, cancellations


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