![]() 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.![]() US Knew About Tsarnaev Brothers Before BombingUS authorities missed multiple chances to catch Boston Marathon bomber - all because of a tiny clerical error.![]() Missing Son of Jewish Columnist Found in NYCSon of Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby found in New York City Thursday night, had been missing since Monday.![]() Northeastern U.S. Digging Out After Fierce StormStorm Hercules shuts down major highways and cancels thousands of flights across the northeastern United States. |