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

By Penny Schwartz December 28, 2020

Obituaries

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

By Penny Schwartz November 30, 2020

Bonds of Life

Hryhoriy Arshynov, restorer of Jewish cemeteries across Ukraine

By Penny Schwartz November 12, 2020

Lifestyle

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

By Penny Schwartz November 3, 2020

Bonds of Life

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

By Penny Schwartz October 9, 2020

United States

Massachusetts court chief Ralph Gants remembered as a giant of justice

By Penny Schwartz September 18, 2020

Culture

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

By Penny Schwartz September 15, 2020

Bonds of Life

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

By Penny Schwartz September 1, 2020

United States

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

By Penny Schwartz August 25, 2020

Bonds of Life

Rabbi Ezekiel Nissim Musleah, 92, captivating reader of Torah

By Penny Schwartz August 3, 2020

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