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Israeli Americans in Boston suburb air anti-Semitism concerns at meeting with mayor
Amid a spike in anti-Semitic activity across New England, Jewish and Israeli residents met with the mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, to express their concern about incidents in the Boston suburb’s school system.
Arthur Obermayer, US philanthropist who preserved German-Jewish history, dies at 84
Arthur Obermayer, a Boston-based Jewish philanthropist who honored Germans for preserving local Jewish history, has died.\n
American yeshiva student killed in West Bank identified as Mass. 18-year-old
The American yeshiva student killed in a West Bank shooting was identified as Ezra Schwartz of Sharon, Massachusetts.
When the Hasidim come to Norman Rockwell country
The lazy days of August have a special flavor in the rolling hills of the Berkshires, in western Massachusetts.
Boston Marathon bomber files motion seeking new trial
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who has been sentenced to death, filed a motion in federal court on Monday seeking a new trial, according to court records.
Man in Boston terrorism probe faces charges, report alleges beheading plan
A Massachusetts man detained under a terrorism probe faces charges in federal court on Wednesday, federal prosecutors said, as local media reported the man and an associate who police shot dead on Tuesday had planned to try to behead a police officer.
Warren, in rare Israel foray, defends Iron Dome funding
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) vigorously defended her vote for increased funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile-interception system.
Steve Grossman, ex-AIPAC chair, running for Mass. governor
Former AIPAC chairman Steve Grossman, now the treasurer in Massachusetts, said he will run for governor in the state.