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  • Jewish girls’ magazine wins $100,000

    December 11, 2008 6:12pm

    A magazine published by and for Jewish girls won a $100,000 prize.

  • Edward Cohen: Slain labor leader remembered

    August 26, 2008 9:00am

    Edward Cohen, a rising labor leader in Boston, was shot and killed in a random shooting in 1907. Despite being mourned by thousands, including Louis Brandeis, he was eventually forgotten in the ensuing decades. But now efforts are underway to reclaim his

  • Faked Shoah memoir spurs concerns

    March 4, 2008 10:00am

    In the wake of the recent disclosure by the author of a Holocaust memoir that her best-selling book is a fake, historians are worried that such incidents will cast doubt on legitimate Holocaust scholarship and memoirs.

  • Armenians push forward with ADL fight

    October 17, 2007 9:00am

    Nearly two months after the Anti-Defamation League reversed itself by acknowledging the World War I-era massacres of Armenians as “tantamount to genocide,” activists in the Boston area are pushing ahead with their campaign against the organization.

  • Biotech booming in Israel

    May 14, 2007 9:00am

    Academic research, government support and entrepreneurial zeal have fueled a boom in Israeli biotechnology, but it’s mostly foreign investors cashing in for now.

  • Mediation effort over Boston mosque

    May 8, 2007 9:00am

    As the Workmen’s Circle tries to mediate a battle over a Boston mosque, some claim the Islamic group at the heart of the case is trying to stifle legitimate debate by suing a pro-Israel organization.

  • Americans to undergo ‘Treatment

    March 6, 2007 10:00am

    A smash Israeli TV series is being adapted for HBO by some big names in Hollywood who are betting the American version will captivate audiences, too.

  • Bernstein’s roots celebrated

    October 23, 2006 9:00am

    Sixteen years after his death, Leonard Bernstein can still draw an audience. A recent festival highlighting Bernstein’s Boston roots shed new light on the influence of the family synagogue.

  • Humanist Jews look to grow

    May 8, 2006 9:00am

    At a time when Jewish organizations are continuing their to attract younger Jews, leaders of humanistic Judaism say the tenets of their approach to Judaism most resembles the secular character of a majority of Jews today.

  • Making day schools No. 1

    March 27, 2006 10:00am

    Jewish professionals, educators and funders gathered last week in Boston with one goal — making day schools the No. 1 educational choice for Jewish kids.