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’
Support for Ukraine on display in small northeastern US towns
On a road trip from Maine to Connecticut, widespread backing of Ukraine could be seen in the form of flags and signs.
'New York Jew' has 1983 arson conviction overturned due to antisemitism
“The credible evidence of antisemitic juror statements undermine the fairness of this verdict and denied Mr. Jacobson his Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury trial.”
Former 'Stop & Shop' Chairman Avram Goldberg dies at 92
Avram Golberg, who ran the regional Stop and Shop supermarket chain with his wife from 1985 to 1989, passed away on Sunday ate age 92.
New Israeli-American summer camp opening in the Berkshires
A new Camp Kimama called "Half Moon" will open this summer in the Berkshires, Massachusetts.
Boston suburb apologizes for using Christian menorah in holiday display
The image is widely available online as an illustration of Messianic interpretations of the menorah.
Massachusetts lawmakers mandate genocide education in high schools
Following a slew of high-profile antisemitic incidents, Massachusetts lawmakers voted to require genocide education in high schools.
Aaron Feuerstein, the 'Mensch of Malden Mills,' dies at age 95
The devout Orthodox businessman famously kept paying his factory's 1,400 employees after the factory itself was closed down in a brutal fire.
Meet the Jewish mustard maven who founded a museum
“Mustard is in almost every religion and every culture,” said Barry Levenson, the founder, curator and CMO (chief mustard officer) of the National Mustard Museum in Middleton, Wisconsin.
CDC says delta variant more vaccine-resistant than previously thought
Vaccinated people had a similar amount of virus presence as the unvaccinated, suggesting that, unlike with other variants, vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant could transmit the virus.
Massachusetts school board member resigns after using antisemitic slur
Bob Hoey, a member of the Lowell School Committee, was on a local talk show Wednesday morning when he referred to a Jewish former official as a “kike.”