Massachusetts

Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center, pioneer in Holocaust studies, to close

The closure, which follows semester after years of financial troubles, won’t affect the Yiddish Book Center, which operates on land purchased from the college in Amherst, Massachusetts.

A copy of Say It In Yiddish.
US President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 26, 2026.

Sword-wielding Massachusetts man arrested over threats to Trump, FBI says

KASH PATEL is applauded by his partner Alexis Wilkins after being sworn in as FBI director by US Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus in Washington, DC, US, February 21, 2025.

FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend receives threatening email, Massachusetts man arrested

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Boston-area Jewish day school to close after 25 years, saying its model is ‘no longer sustainable’


Iran may be behind BDS ‘hit list’ targeting Boston Jews - report

According to an exclusive interview, an ex-Israeli counter-terrorism advisor to prime ministers says Hezbollah has a list of targets.

 The BDS Boston Mapping Project  highlights people and movements that the BDS group identified as pro-Israel, including Jewish community organizations, religious organizations, and even Jewish schools.

Boston’s groundbreaking community mikveh closed due to burst pipe

For Boston-area Jews who immerse ritually on a monthly basis, in keeping with Jewish tradition, the closure could be a significant interruption.

Mikvah Mei Chaya Mushka in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

US state rep calls Israel an 'apartheid-run thuggery terrorist regime'

A representative to the Massachusetts House of Representatives called the Israeli administration a murderous, thieving, apartheid, terrorist regime.

Israel Apartheid Week at Columbia University.

Edinburgh and New England for the Jewish Visitor

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 47

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Fourth Israeli Art Lending Library Launched in New England

The art collection encompasses more than 100 original pieces of art by Israeli artists.


Boston councilor proposes official 'Hijab Day' on Mahsa Amini's birthday

Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson drew a connection between Amini's death at the hands of the morality to police to the rise of Islamophobia in the US.

 A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Berlin, Germany, October, 22, 2022.

A student publication in Amherst College defends Hamas

"The Contra", the student publication that published the op-ed, is meant to be a platform for students with controversial opinions who wish to start a conversation around topics of their choice.

 Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in an anti-Israel rally over tensions in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 14, 2022

Is this the first and only Jew to head a Christian University?

A Roman-Catholic university in the US has made history by electing a Jew to be its 17th president.

Old Campus at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, November 28, 2012

Massachusetts seal that evaded capture turns himself in to police

Locals nicknamed the seal "Shoebert" for the pond at which he was discovered.

Gray seal at Måkläppen nature reserve in Sweden

Boston city council member walks back antisemitic tweet

“Y’all are letting the Zionists SHAKE YOU DOWN,” Councilor Kendra Lara tweeted on Thursday.

The Boston City Hall lights up in blue and white for Israel's 73rd Independence Day, April 15, 2021.