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

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

Culture

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

Culture

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

Brighton Massachusetts Jewish unity rally

United States

Boston Jews rally together after streak of attacks in the area

Bonds of Life

Bella Granek, 89, Holocaust survivor who was great with kids

United States

Cambridge, Mass., adopts a resolution critical of Israel, while a boycott measure falls short

Bonds of Life

Milton Steinberg, 96, lover of cantorial music

Bonds of Life

Marianne Steiner, 101, stylish Holocaust survivor who supported research on German Jewry

United States

A Boston-area high school football team used ‘Auschwitz’ and ‘rabbi’ to call plays

Lifestyle

What makes this Passover different from all others? Brandeis University is celebrating.

United States

A Jewish campus grows in suburban Boston as Hebrew College announces relocation plan

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