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

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

At Tufts, a student campaign urges peers not to join pro-Israel groups — even liberal ones

By Penny Schwartz March 17, 2022 12:03 pm

Boston area college in turmoil after weeks-long string of antisemitic and racist incidents

By Penny Schwartz February 22, 2022 4:09 pm

‘Devil’s Arithmetic’ author wins Sydney Taylor Book Award for lifetime achievement in Jewish children’s literature

By Penny Schwartz January 24, 2022 4:28 pm

Mameve Medwed, novelist whose ‘New England Jewish wit’ infused her work, dies at 79

By Penny Schwartz January 3, 2022 4:20 pm

A Christmas tree lights up outside with fireworks

The little-known Jewish origins of Boston’s annual Christmas tree tradition

By Penny Schwartz December 20, 2021 2:00 pm

Legislators outside the Massachusetts state Capitol building

Following high-profile antisemitic incidents, Massachusetts lawmakers vote to require genocide education in high schools

By Penny Schwartz November 26, 2021 11:50 am

Israel Arbeiter, a forceful driver of Holocaust memory in Boston, dies at 96

By Penny Schwartz November 4, 2021 12:00 pm

The cover of Curt Leviant's translation of "Moshkeleh the Thief."

‘Fiddler’ meets ‘The Sopranos’: A gritty, forgotten novel by Sholom Aleichem is published in English for the first time

By Penny Schwartz October 6, 2021 10:43 am

New children’s books for the Jewish New Year: Kangaroos, Jonah and 2 guys named Max

By Penny Schwartz August 31, 2021 10:20 am

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

At Tufts, a student campaign urges peers not to join pro-Israel groups — even liberal ones

Boston area college in turmoil after weeks-long string of antisemitic and racist incidents

‘Devil’s Arithmetic’ author wins Sydney Taylor Book Award for lifetime achievement in Jewish children’s literature

Mameve Medwed, novelist whose ‘New England Jewish wit’ infused her work, dies at 79

The little-known Jewish origins of Boston’s annual Christmas tree tradition

Following high-profile antisemitic incidents, Massachusetts lawmakers vote to require genocide education in high schools

Israel Arbeiter, a forceful driver of Holocaust memory in Boston, dies at 96

‘Fiddler’ meets ‘The Sopranos’: A gritty, forgotten novel by Sholom Aleichem is published in English for the first time

New children’s books for the Jewish New Year: Kangaroos, Jonah and 2 guys named Max

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