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

Bonds of Life

Irena Veisaite, 92, Holocaust survivor turned human rights advocate

Obituaries

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

Bonds of Life

Hryhoriy Arshynov, restorer of Jewish cemeteries across Ukraine

Lifestyle

From llamas to a Jewish superhero, these 8 children’s books bring new characters into the Hanukkah story

Bonds of Life

Florence Barat, 90, was preparing for her second adult bat mitzvah

United States

Massachusetts court chief Ralph Gants remembered as a giant of justice

Culture

4 new children’s books to brighten up the Jewish New Year

Bonds of Life

Bradley Fields, 68, renowned magician who studied Talmud and taught math to kids

United States

This rabbi spent 4 months on a ventilator and endured 4 collapsed lungs from COVID-19. Now he’s recovering.

Bonds of Life

Rabbi Ezekiel Nissim Musleah, 92, captivating reader of Torah

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