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

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, Boston’s Jewish community unveils a memorial to its victims

By Penny Schwartz July 17, 2020 2:02 pm

New Hampshire lawmakers send bill requiring Holocaust education to governor

By Penny Schwartz July 2, 2020 5:22 pm

Sidney Forman, 95, lived out a dream with performance of musical comedy he wrote in the 1960s

By Penny Schwartz June 25, 2020 4:24 pm

Rievan Slavkin, 85, beloved rabbi and champion shofar blower

By Penny Schwartz June 23, 2020 2:02 pm

A Jewish ‘Dreamer’ breathes a sigh of relief after US Supreme Court preserves DACA

By Penny Schwartz June 19, 2020 1:57 pm

This Jewish Boston bookseller wants to help you spruce up your Zoom background

By Penny Schwartz June 19, 2020 11:26 am

Eva Konrad Hawkins, 90, Holocaust survivor who designed underwater museum exhibits

By Penny Schwartz June 18, 2020 3:41 pm

Sylvia Glenn, 98, painter who befriended Margaret Mead

By Penny Schwartz June 9, 2020 2:15 pm

Elsa Dorfman, photographer who was subject of Errol Morris film, dies at 83

By Penny Schwartz June 3, 2020 4:25 pm

Carolyn Becker, 83, was looking forward to life’s next chapter

By Penny Schwartz June 2, 2020 5:05 pm

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Penny Schwartz

From Penny Schwartz

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, Boston’s Jewish community unveils a memorial to its victims

New Hampshire lawmakers send bill requiring Holocaust education to governor

Sidney Forman, 95, lived out a dream with performance of musical comedy he wrote in the 1960s

Rievan Slavkin, 85, beloved rabbi and champion shofar blower

A Jewish ‘Dreamer’ breathes a sigh of relief after US Supreme Court preserves DACA

This Jewish Boston bookseller wants to help you spruce up your Zoom background

Eva Konrad Hawkins, 90, Holocaust survivor who designed underwater museum exhibits

Sylvia Glenn, 98, painter who befriended Margaret Mead

Elsa Dorfman, photographer who was subject of Errol Morris film, dies at 83

Carolyn Becker, 83, was looking forward to life’s next chapter

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