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• $5M bequest to UMass Amherst to benefit Judaic studies, Hillel

  July 14, 2015 4:07pm

  The bequest from an alumni couple is the largest single gift to the university’s Judaic and Near Eastern studies program.

• Jewish whiz kid catches math ‘mistake’ at Boston museum

  July 9, 2015 3:34pm

  Joseph Rosenfeld, a 15-year-old Jewish math enthusiast from Virginia, questioned the accuracy of a display at the Museum of Science.

• David Aronson, rabbi’s rebel son, top Expressionist, dies at 91

  July 8, 2015 6:24pm

  The tension between Aronson’s Orthodox Jewish upbringing in and creative vision was a major theme in his art and life.

• El Al launching nonstop Boston-Tel Aviv flights

  June 24, 2015 11:44am

  The new service is being seen as a further boost to the economic, academic and communal ties between Israel and Greater Boston.

• Jewish artist’s Lincoln portrait gets a brief moment in the sun

  April 30, 2015 4:25pm

  The painting by Solomon Nunes Carvahlo is the only known portrait of the 16th president by a Jewish contemporary.

• Why the Boston Marathon’s last-place runner earned his medal

  April 22, 2015 2:28pm

  Boston Mayor Martin Walsh hosted an impromptu ceremony in honor of Venezuelan Jewish marathoner Maickel Melamed, whose medical condition severely restricts his mobility.

• David Kertzer wins Pulitzer for biography detailing Pius XI-Mussolini ties

  April 21, 2015 10:47am

  The Brown historian detailed in his book how the secret relationship influenced the Italian dictator’s persecution of his country’s Jews.

• With fewer survivors around, Holocaust education is in transition

  April 14, 2015 12:53pm

  The approach, quality and goals vary dramatically in schools, those in the field say.

• Norman Leventhal, philanthropist and leader in Boston’s development, dies

  April 6, 2015 2:05pm

  Leventhal is responsible for what are now major Boston landmarks and made a profound mark on Jewish institutions.

• NPR’s ‘From the Top’ airs from the bimah

  April 1, 2015 10:30am

  Recorded March 26 before a live audience, the Wellesley, Mass., show marked the first time the syndicated program has dedicated an entire episode to Jewish music.