Boston

Boston Chabad: Don't be scared of the dark - light a candle

Rabbi whose Chabad center lit on fire twice in past week: 'Our approach is to have open doors. We don't run away from this stuff.'

A walk with Rav Soloveitchik: Memorial 26 years since his death

Posters at Tufts U call to destroy ‘Israeli Apartheid Forces’

Posters show militarized pigs holding guns, calling for the destruction of the “Israeli Apartheid Forces and Amerikkan Pigs Which Fund it.”

Boston Jewish community council bars ties with anti-Zionist orgs

Boston’s Jewish Community Relations Council passes measure banning members from working with anti-Zionist Jewish groups.

300-pound menorah stolen from Boston-area synagogue

6-foot menorah at Brookline synagogue found a mile away after being stolen.

Jewish groups offer aid to victims of Boston-area gas explosions

Groups offer help to synagogues affected by Boston-area gas explosions.

Boston grants $500,000 for synagogue's preservation

City of Boston to pay half a million dollars for historic preservation of 'Vilna Shul'.

Boston’s oldest Jewish cemetery to become immigrant center

Ohabei Shalom's burial chapel concerted into immigration center.

Boston-area mikvah in shock after funds go missing

Mikva director says loss is 'significant' but 'not enough to endanger' continued activities.

Boston: kosher eatery owner accused of bathroom voyeurism

Owner of popular Chinese restaurant charged with illegally recording customers using the bathroom.

14 Boston-area teens accused of painting swastika on building

Students accused of spray-painting swastika, anti-gay slurs.

Boston-area city council turns away BDS resolution

'Singling out Israel fundamentally unjust, risks turning City Council into instrument of global BDS movement and its malignant intentions.'

Israeli inspiration in Africa

Young Jewish leaders from Boston visit Kenya to learn more about Israel's international aid activities in Africa.

Man who plotted to behead anti-Islamist blogger sent to jail

Boston judge sentences 28-year-old to 28 years in prison for conspiring to support ISIS and plotting to behead Pamela Geller.

Ivanka Trump praises Boston counter-demonstrators in tweet

US President's daughter lauds thousands who protested against small free-speech rally in Boston.

Watch: Woman carrying American flag attacked in Boston

She was attending a 'Free Speech' rally, and was dragged and beaten by protesters.

Watch: Man with Israeli flag heckled at anti-Trump rally

Man wearing Israeli flag walks through crowd protesting Boston's 'Free Speech' rally and is spat at, cursed, and threatened.'Nazi, go home!'

Boston Holocaust Memorial vandalized again

New England Holocaust Memorial vandalized for the second time in two months.

Three teens identified in Boston-area Jewish cemetery vandalism

Footprint leads police to teenage suspects in toppling of gravestones at 158 year old Jewish cemetery.

Headstones toppled at Boston-area Jewish cemetery

Vandals top six headstones at Netherlands Cemetery in Melrose.

Boston Holocaust memorial rededicated after vandalism

Hundreds, including Holocaust survivors, attend predication of Holocaust memorial vandalized last month.

Arrest made in vandalism of Boston Holocaust museum

Man smashes glass panel at New England Holocaust Museum with a large rock.

'Arab-Israeli conflict cannot be solved in Washington or Paris'

Israeli lawmakers discuss US-Israel relationship at town-hall meeting in Boston. 'We are the ones that live or die with the consequenses.'

Swastikas and racist slurs scrawled outside Boston-area school

Swastikas and racist messages were painted outside of the Bromfield School near Boston.

Study: Half of Boston Jews do not identify with a denomination

New study finds half the Jews in Greater Boston do not identify with a denomination, a higher proportion than the national average.

Staples hires Boston Jewish community leader as CEO

Staples appoints longtime Boston Jewish community leader Shira Goodman as president and CEO.

MA Jewish charity fires CFO over alleged financial improprieties

CFO of Jewish non-profit organization, previously convicted of grand larceny, fired over allegations of 'financial improprieties'.

Boston's kosher butcher reopens in temporary digs

Six weeks after a fire shuttered Boston's main kosher supermarket, The Butcherie is now operating on a limited basis from a nearby location.

Protestors demand retraction of criticism of Black Lives Matter

Activists demand the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council retract its statement criticizing Black Lives Matter platform.

Boston-area Moishe House seriously damaged in fire

Communal home serving the Jewish social justice group Moishe Kavod House in Boston seriously damaged in a fire.

Boston-area butcher shuttered after fire

Fire shutters a major kosher supermarket in a heavily Jewish Boston-area town, causes an estimated half-million dollars in damages.

‘Mein Kampf’ profits to aid Holocaust survivors

Publisher announces all US proceeds of Adolf Hitler’s manifesto will be donated to Holocaust survivors.

Boston 8th-grader who drew swastika won't face charges

13-year-old boy who allegedly drew a swastika on a Boston-area school football field will not face criminal charges.

Heckling, booing at Boston-area meeting on anti-Semitism

Meeting in Newton, Massachusetts to discuss anti-Semitism and racism degenerates into name calling and accusations.

'You killed Jesus'; Boston basketball game marred by hate

Hecklers taunt team from school with largely Jewish population, chanting "You killed Jesus".

US Supreme Court lets stand rejection of pro-Israel ad

American Freedom Defense Initiative's pro-Israel ads were deemed 'demeaning' to Palestinians by Boston transit authority.

Two ISIS Supporters Charged in Boston

Criminal charges filed against two men linked to a jihadist who planned to kill blogger Pamela Geller.

Report: Muslim Shot in Boston Planned to Kill Jewish Blogger

Law enforcement officers say a Muslim who was fatally shot by police in Boston was plotting to behead Jewish blogger Pamela Geller.

One Shot, One Under Arrest in Boston Cop Beheading Plot

A man officials said had planned to behead a police officer was shot and killed in Boston, while an accomplice of his was arrested.

New England Braces for 'Historic' Snowstorm

2-3 ft. of snow projected to fall across multiple states, prompting panic among 58 million in its shadow.

Patient Isolated over Ebola Fears in Boston

Person suffering Ebola symptoms who recently was in an infected area put in isolation and given tests; possibly first Massachusetts case.

Anti-Israel Protesters 'Assault' Pro-Israel Activists in Boston

Radical anti-Zionist demonstration outside Israeli consulate in Boston turns ugly; pro-Israel activist files assault charges.

Report: US Knew About Tsarnaev Brothers Long Before Bombing

US authorities missed multiple chances to catch Boston Marathon bomber - all because of a tiny clerical error.

Missing Son of Jewish Columnist Found in NYC

Son of Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby found in New York City Thursday night, had been missing since Monday.

Northeastern United States Digging Out After Fierce Storm

Storm Hercules shuts down major highways and cancels thousands of flights across the northeastern United States.

Rare Book of Psalms Sells for Record $14.16 Million

The world's most valuable printed book was auctioned Tuesday. Printed 1640, it is thought to be first book printed in what is now the US.

Outrage Over 'Dreamy-Eyed Terrorist' Magazine Cover

Wiesenthal Center expresses disgust at accused Boston Marathon bomber making the cover of this month’s Rolling Stone magazine.

Boston Bombing Suspect to Appear in Court

The surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect is set to make his first court appearance Wednesday.

Israeli Killed in Massachusetts: Amnon Bogomolsky

Bogomolsky was accompanying his on his Bar Mitzva trip. The son was injured in the hit-and-run.

'Obama Ignoring Link Between Radical Islam and Terrorism'

The Obama administration is ignoring the link between radical Islam and terrorism, asserts chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee

Senator Calls on US to Help Find Gravesite for Boston Bomber

A Massachusetts state senator has called on federal government to intervene in efforts to find a place to bury Boston Marathon bomber.

Police Arrest Three More Boston Bombing Suspects

Police have arrested three more suspects as part of the investigation into the Boston marathon bomb attack.

Father of Boston Bomber Hospitalized, Preventing Departure to US

The father of two brothers accused of bombing the Boston Marathon has been hospitalized, preventing his departure for the United States.

Boston Bombers Planned to Attack Times Square

The brothers accused of staging the Boston Marathon bombings planned a new attack in Times Square, says NYC mayor.

US: UN Official Falk 'Spews Vitriol', Has 'No Place at UN'

US ambassador to UN calls for dismissal of top UN official who attempted to blame Boston bombings 'on Tel Aviv.'

Boston Bombing Suspect Texted Mother: 'Ready to Die For Islam'

Boston Marathon bomber sent text messages to his mother as early as 2011 suggesting he was willing to die for Islam.

FBI Probes Parents of Boston Bombing Suspects

FBI interviews parents of Boston bombing suspects in Russian Republic of Dagestan with help of Russian authorities.

UN Official Attempts to Blame Boston Bombings 'On Tel Aviv'

Top UN official attempts to explain Boston bombings as reaction to United States policy in the Middle East and Tel Aviv.

Boston Bomber Charged, Could Face Death Penalty

Boston bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could face the death penalty after being charged for his alleged role in the attacks.

"Did You Hear About the Boston Explosion? I Did That"

FBI affidavit reveals Boston bomber's chilling words to the man whose car he hijacked.