Massachusetts
A play called ‘The Zionists’ turns the post-Oct. 7 discourse into a dysfunctional family drama
The new play is set to run through July 3 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and follows a family on vacation as they navigate their conflicting views on Israel in the post-Oct. 7 world.
Dozens charged in global insider trading scheme after making millions in illicit profits
Outrage after man dressed as Hitler, standing on Israeli flag, salutes Boston Marathon runners
Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center, pioneer in Holocaust studies, to close
80 groups call on UMass to rescind sponsorship for anti-Israel campus event
Anti-Israel activists who will address the event include Roger Waters, Linda Sarsour and Marc Lamont Hill.
New England grocer selling Passover foods reaches agreement with workers
The agreement reached between workers and company officials on Sunday includes wage increases and maintains health coverage.
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,
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.
