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

By Penny Schwartz March 8, 2021 11:28 am

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

By Penny Schwartz February 26, 2021 2:07 pm

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

By Penny Schwartz February 26, 2021 2:01 pm

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

By Penny Schwartz February 22, 2021 5:30 pm

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

By Penny Schwartz February 8, 2021 9:00 am

Donald Kraft, 92, mathematician with lifelong zest for learning

By Penny Schwartz February 3, 2021 4:21 pm

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

By Penny Schwartz January 25, 2021 5:05 pm

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

By Penny Schwartz January 11, 2021 12:56 pm

Irena Veisaite, 92, Holocaust survivor turned human rights advocate

By Penny Schwartz December 28, 2020 5:41 pm

Maria Piechotka, architect who was an influential expert on Poland’s synagogues, dies at 100

By Penny Schwartz November 30, 2020 5:25 pm

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

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

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

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

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

Donald Kraft, 92, mathematician with lifelong zest for learning

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

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

Irena Veisaite, 92, Holocaust survivor turned human rights advocate

Maria Piechotka, architect who was an influential expert on Poland’s synagogues, dies at 100

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