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

Politics

Massachusetts, Rhode Island change primary dates to avoid conflict with High Holidays

United States

These three Jewish children’s books are judged the year’s best

United States

Jewish institutions batten down as monster storm hits East Coast

United States

The Reform movement is alive with the sound of music

Lifestyle

Debates with Israel weigh on Reform movement’s largest-ever gathering

Lifestyle

Here are 8 new children’s books for Hanukkah

United States

Jonathan Sarna, scholar of American Jewish history, to receive rare honor from Brandeis

United States

Harvard honors a professor who helped its Jewish life flourish

Culture

Julian Edelman’s children’s book gets a Jewish makeover

United States

School project to remember Holocaust victims surpasses goal of 11 million stamps

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