Massachusetts
Kalaniyot faculty network strengthens campus ties to Israeli scholars, fights academic boycotts
MIT's Professor Dr. Yossi Sheffi, deeply impacted by campus antisemitism and anti-Israel protests, helped create Kalaniyot to combat academic boycotts and strengthen ties with Israeli researchers.
US Coast Guard halts search for six people missing after medical transport aircraft crashes
Zach Bryan’s ‘Free Palestine’ shirt shows how political pressure can backfire on Israel - analysis
Lindsay Clancy returns to court for hearing after murder case mistrial ruling
Massachusetts school board member resigns after using antisemitic slur
Bob Hoey, a member of the Lowell School Committee, was on a local talk show Wednesday morning when he referred to a Jewish former official as a “kike.”
School board member in Massachusetts called someone a ‘kike’ on live TV
"We lost the kike, oh, I mean, the Jewish guy,” Hoey said Wednesday morning on “City Life,” a news opinion show. “I hate to say it, but that’s what people used to say behind his back.”
Anti-vaxxer rabbi fired by Chabad over social media posts
“It became clear that dismissal was our only choice,” said Rabbi Mendel Fogelman, director of the Central Massachusetts Chabad.
US charges MIT professor with grant fraud over hidden Chinese ties
The Justice Department is cracking down on Chinese influence within universities amid concerns about spying and intellectual property theft by the Chinese government.
Israel Horovitz, playwright who was accused of sexual assault, dies at 81
Horovitz wrote more than 70 plays and was the founding artistic director of Gloucester Stage in Massachusetts.
Investigational drug proven to prolong survival of ALS patients - study
The median overall survival for all CENTAUR study participants being administered AMX0035 was 6.5 months longer than the group originally randomized to placebo.
Trial date set for alleged attempted arson of MA Jewish nursing home
Prosecutors recently found new evidence for the case that demands investigating, and a tentative trial date has been set for November.
Is social distancing enough to prevent coronavirus spread on long flights?
"Long flights not only can lead to importation of COVID-19 cases but also can provide conditions for superspreader events," significant findings show as countries resume international travel.
First Jewish Massachusetts chief Justice, Ralph Gants' memory lives on
Judges, lawyers, political figures and community leaders remembered Gants as a legal giant, passionate in his dedication to equal justice and steeped in compassion for people from all walks of life.
Jewish former Marine wins Massachusetts Democratic congressional primary
He links to a full position paper on Israel and other Jewish issues on his website; in it he notes that he experienced antisemitism in the military.
