With shul scandal and school closing, Conservative Jews reeling in Sharon, Mass.
Jewish Journal
May 27, 2014
It’s been a rough few weeks for Conservative Jews in the Boston suburbs known as the South Area.
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Al-Quds University president denounces extremist rally
Jewish Journal
November 21, 2013
A Nov. 5 rally at the West Bank-based Al-Quds University that featured demonstrators from the Islamic Jihad flashing Nazi-like salutes resulted in Brandeis University recalling its faculty from a joint program.
Breslow’s bad night, and a save for a Cardinal with a Jew-y name
Jewish Journal
October 25, 2013
The St. Louis Cardinals tied up the World Series with Thursday night’s 4-2 win over Boston. The save went to Trevor Rosenthal.
Israeli hope for kidney disease
Jewish Journal
August 28, 2013
It’s been decades since Dr. Karl Skorecki did his medical training at what is now called Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a Boston teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, but he still vividly recalls the patients with kidney disease he met there.
Last of Boston Marathon bombing victims released from hospital
Jewish Journal
June 3, 2013
The last person hospitalized with injuries from the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings was discharged on Monday, still facing a long recovery from the loss of her left leg and severe injuries to her right leg.
Cleveland kidnappings: No one loves the stranger
Gina Nahai
May 15, 2013
I know what happened with those three women in Cleveland, how one man was able to imprison and torture them in the middle of a residential neighborhood for 10 years, even though he had grown children, brothers, cousins who visited the house for hours at a time. It’s not a pretty tale, but we’ve all heard it, although to a lesser degree, countless times before.
Boston bombing suspect’s family struggles to find burial site
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2013
The body of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev remained in limbo on Monday as his family searched for a cemetery that would accept him.
A suit and a story from a Holocaust survivor
Rob Eshman
May 1, 2013
It had been a tough week. The more news I read about the Boston bombing, the less I understood. Who were these young men, full of grievance, using a fresh start in America to maim and kill innocents?
Medical examiner keeps private how Boston bombing suspect died
Jewish Journal
April 29, 2013
An autopsy on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev determined precisely how he died after a bloody shootout with police but the results can\’t be made public until the body is claimed, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Medical Examiner said on Monday.
My cousin Bruce: a Boston hero
Jonah Lowenfeld
April 26, 2013
When the first bomb went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Bruce Mendelsohn was partying in an office overlooking Boylston Street. The blast knocked him off of his seat.
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