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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Leo Rechter, 93, fought for destitute Holocaust survivors

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In new Passover children’s books, a bespectacled lion reads the Haggadah and a Depression-era mitzvah

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William Good, 96, survivor of Holocaust massacre who became beloved California doctor

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Italo Servi, 98, soft-spoken heir to rich Italian Jewish heritage

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Jewish prisoner’s photos depicting horrid life in Lodz Ghetto donated to Boston museum

Culture

Another accolade for Max Gross’ ‘Lost Shtetl’: Best fiction from Association of Jewish Libraries

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Donald Kraft, 92, mathematician with lifelong zest for learning

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Top children’s books feature a Passover tale and 2 coming-of-age debut novels

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Hugh Malcolm Berger, 88, helped found Atlanta home for people with disabilities

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Irena Veisaite, 92, Holocaust survivor turned human rights advocate

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