News for Boston Boston native becomes 1st US woman to graduate IAF pilot courseAfter 3 years of training Lt. O., an immigrant and lone soldier, will become 1st US woman to graduate from Israel Air Force pilot course. Boston’s 118-year-old Jewish Advocate ceases publicationNewspaper founded by Theodor Herzl folds due to coronavirus pandemic, loss of revenue. Anti-racist maniacs will soon demand changing the name of the White HouseManic toppling of statues of great men whose less admirable actions were the norm when they lived, has reached Lincoln. What next? Op-ed. Boston federation lays off 25 employees amid economic crisisJewish federation of Boston cuts 25 employees, as donations fall amid nationwide economic crisis. Anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on Boston-area Chabad centerChabad Center in Brookline, near Boston, is vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti written in Russian. Star of David graffiti spray-painted on 2 Boston apartment buildingsPolice say it is too early to say whether graffiti of Stars of Davud on multiple apartment buildings was anti-Semitic.A courageous Catholic voice against antisemitism"Silence is a fact, especially when it comes from on high"- Boston activist Frances Sweeney. So sorry we eliminated your mass murdererThe world’s gone nuts – it’s official.Boston University set to hire anti-Israel professorSarah Ihmoud claims Jews are rapists, IDF commits Nazi-like crimes in ongoing attacks on Palestinian Authority women. Middle school students accused of anti-Semitic activity onlineSuburban Boston students accused of ‘anti-Semitic social media activity.’ Grounds of Boston-area synagogue vandalized with swastikasSwastika graffiti splashed over Star of David at front entry to Sharon, Massachusetts synagogue.Future Boston pot shop vandalized with anti-Semitic graffitiSite of a proposed marijuana dispensary in the Greater Boston area vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti and a noose holding a knife. Rabbi: 'I don't want people to have guns, but it's a necessity'Boston's Rabbi Dan Rodkin suggests congregants bring guns to synagogue for protection.Hundreds rally in protest of anti-SemitismBoston area rallies after Chabad rabbis are targeted with anti-Semitic slurs on Shabbat. Swastika scrawled on Jewish student union sign at Boston schoolJewish student union sign at Brookline high school vandalized with swastika after fires sparked at Chabad centers in Boston area. Boston Chabad: Don't be scared of the dark - light a candleRabbi 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 deathA unique highlight on Shabbat was the opportunity to accompany the Rav on his walk to and from the Maimonides School Synagogue. 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 orgsBoston’s Jewish Community Relations Council passes measure banning members from working with anti-Zionist Jewish groups. 300-pound menorah stolen from Boston-area synagogue6-foot menorah at Brookline synagogue found a mile away after being stolen. Jewish groups offer aid to victims of Boston-area gas explosionsGroups offer help to synagogues affected by Boston-area gas explosions.Boston grants $500,000 for synagogue's preservationCity of Boston to pay half a million dollars for historic preservation of 'Vilna Shul'.Boston’s oldest Jewish cemetery to become immigrant centerOhabei Shalom's burial chapel concerted into immigration center. Boston-area mikvah in shock after funds go missingMikva director says loss is 'significant' but 'not enough to endanger' continued activities.Boston: kosher eatery owner accused of bathroom voyeurismOwner of popular Chinese restaurant charged with illegally recording customers using the bathroom.14 Boston-area teens accused of painting swastika on buildingStudents 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 AfricaYoung 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 jailBoston 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 tweetUS President's daughter lauds thousands who protested against small free-speech rally in Boston. Watch: Woman carrying American flag attacked in BostonShe was attending a 'Free Speech' rally, and was dragged and beaten by protesters. Watch: Man with Israeli flag heckled at anti-Trump rallyMan 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 againNew England Holocaust Memorial vandalized for the second time in two months.Three teens identified in Boston-area Jewish cemetery vandalismFootprint leads police to teenage suspects in toppling of gravestones at 158 year old Jewish cemetery.Headstones toppled at Boston-area Jewish cemeteryVandals top six headstones at Netherlands Cemetery in Melrose. Boston Holocaust memorial rededicated after vandalismHundreds, including Holocaust survivors, attend predication of Holocaust memorial vandalized last month.Arrest made in vandalism of Boston Holocaust museumMan 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 schoolSwastikas and racist messages were painted outside of the Bromfield School near Boston.Study: Half of Boston Jews do not identify with a denominationNew study finds half the Jews in Greater Boston do not identify with a denomination, a higher proportion than the national average. Staples hires Jewish leader as CEOStaples appoints longtime Boston Jewish community leader Shira Goodman as president and CEO. Jewish charity fires CFO over '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 digsSix 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 BLM criticismActivists demand the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council retract its statement criticizing Black Lives Matter platform.Boston-area Moishe House seriously damaged in fireCommunal home serving the Jewish social justice group Moishe Kavod House in Boston seriously damaged in a fire.Boston-area butcher shuttered after fireFire 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 survivorsPublisher announces all US proceeds of Adolf Hitler’s manifesto will be donated to Holocaust survivors. 8th-grader who drew swastika won't face charges13-year-old boy who allegedly drew a swastika on a Boston-area school football field will not face criminal charges. Heckling at Boston-area meeting on anti-SemitismMeeting in Newton, Massachusetts to discuss anti-Semitism and racism degenerates into name calling and accusations. Boston basketball game marred by anti-SemitismHecklers taunt team from school with largely Jewish population, chanting "You killed Jesus". US court lets stand rejection of pro-Israel adAmerican Freedom Defense Initiative's pro-Israel ads were deemed 'demeaning' to Palestinians by Boston transit authority. Two ISIS Supporters Charged in BostonCriminal charges filed against two men linked to a jihadist who planned to kill blogger Pamela Geller. Muslim Shot in Boston Planned to Kill 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 in Boston Cop Beheading PlotA 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' Snowstorm2-3 ft. of snow projected to fall across multiple states, prompting panic among 58 million in its shadow. Patient Isolated over Ebola Fears in BostonPerson suffering Ebola symptoms who recently was in an infected area put in isolation and given tests; possibly first Massachusetts case. Anti-Israel Protesters 'Assault' Israel SupportersRadical anti-Zionist demonstration outside Israeli consulate in Boston turns ugly; pro-Israel activist files assault charges. |
