Massachusetts
Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center, pioneer in Holocaust studies, to close
The closure, which follows semester after years of financial troubles, won’t affect the Yiddish Book Center, which operates on land purchased from the college in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Sword-wielding Massachusetts man arrested over threats to Trump, FBI says
FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend receives threatening email, Massachusetts man arrested
Boston-area Jewish day school to close after 25 years, saying its model is ‘no longer sustainable’
Antisemitic fliers found in suburban Boston Jewish community
Antisemitic fliers were found distributed across the city of Newton, Massachusetts.
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
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.
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.
Prickly politics at the nail salon is an unwelcome nail-biter
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.
