Penny Schwartz

Penny Schwartz is a JTA correspondent based in Boston. She has been published in the Boston Globe, The Times of Israel, JewishBoston.com, WBUR’s TheARTery, and Hadassah Magazine.

From Penny Schwartz

Culture

Immigrant tale wins top Jewish children’s book honor

Culture

A collection of Yiddish songs was thought lost forever. Now they’ve been nominated for a Grammy.

Julian Edelman

United States

Sale of Julian Edelman’s cleats yields $10k donation for Pittsburgh victims’ families

Obituaries

Alfred Bader, Milwaukee philanthropist and art collector, dies at 94

Culture

40 years ago, a refusenik made art of the Soviet Jewish tragedy. At 82, he is seeing its first English translation.

Maud Mandel

United States

Jewish studies conference celebrates 50 years of explosive growth in the field

Israeli police officers

United States

Pro-Palestinian groups claim victory as New England police pull out of training program in Israel

Culture

A history of the radical Jewish feminists and the one subject they never talked about

United States

Hanukkah menorah is toppled near Harvard campus

Culture

What’s new for kids to read at Hanukkah? Try a fresh take on a 1950s classic.

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