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.

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They were denied Jewish weddings in the Soviet Union. So these 3 couples just got married again.

By Penny Schwartz February 10, 2023 10:30 am

A picture book about a heroine of Holocaust memory and 2 fantasy novels top year’s Sydney Taylor Jewish children’s book awards

By Penny Schwartz January 30, 2023 3:31 pm

As Boston dedicates a massive monument to Martin Luther King, local Jews march in solidarity

By Penny Schwartz January 13, 2023 4:18 pm

Brandeis U reeling after bus accident leaves 1 student dead, dozens injured; Jewish students hold vigils

By Penny Schwartz November 20, 2022 7:58 pm

Henry Rosovsky, refugee from the Nazis who shaped Harvard University, dies at 95

By Penny Schwartz November 18, 2022 9:38 am

Cora Wilburn, an early American Jewish novelist, gets a bridge named for her in her Mass. town

By Penny Schwartz October 13, 2022 10:50 am

A German cellist reunited over 30 members of a Jewish family — including some who didn’t know their grandparents’ Holocaust story

By Penny Schwartz August 22, 2022 2:50 pm

Fred Manasse, physicist, sculptor and voice for fellow Holocaust survivors, dies at 86

By Penny Schwartz June 9, 2022 2:49 pm

After 2-year delay, Philip Guston art exhibit explores his Jewish identity — under cloud of controversy

By Penny Schwartz May 11, 2022 3:55 pm

A juror called him ‘one of those New York Jews.’ Now his 1983 arson conviction is being overturned because of antisemitism.

By Penny Schwartz April 5, 2022 8:08 am

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They were denied Jewish weddings in the Soviet Union. So these 3 couples just got married again.

A picture book about a heroine of Holocaust memory and 2 fantasy novels top year’s Sydney Taylor Jewish children’s book awards

As Boston dedicates a massive monument to Martin Luther King, local Jews march in solidarity

Brandeis U reeling after bus accident leaves 1 student dead, dozens injured; Jewish students hold vigils

Henry Rosovsky, refugee from the Nazis who shaped Harvard University, dies at 95

Cora Wilburn, an early American Jewish novelist, gets a bridge named for her in her Mass. town

A German cellist reunited over 30 members of a Jewish family — including some who didn’t know their grandparents’ Holocaust story

Fred Manasse, physicist, sculptor and voice for fellow Holocaust survivors, dies at 86

After 2-year delay, Philip Guston art exhibit explores his Jewish identity — under cloud of controversy

A juror called him ‘one of those New York Jews.’ Now his 1983 arson conviction is being overturned because of antisemitism.

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