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• Adaptation of classic Yiddish tale wins top Sydney Taylor award

  January 21, 2015 8:46am

  “My Grandfather’s Coat” was recognized in the younger readers category of the annual children’s book awards given by Association of Jewish Libraries.

• Auschwitz Foundation close to endowment goal

  January 19, 2015 7:51am

  In advance of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation said it has raised $140 million of its approximately $156 million campaign goal.

• Children’s books: Celebrating Eric Kimmel’s Hershel, meeting new characters

  December 11, 2014 5:02pm

  Along with a 25th anniversary edition of his “Hershel and Hanukkah Goblins,” Kimmel also has a new Hanukkah book among the crop of holiday offerings.

• Israeli rowing team debuts in world’s largest event

  October 19, 2014 12:13pm

  For the first time, an Israeli rowing team is being represented in the Head of the Charles Regatta, the world’s largest two-day rowing event.

• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg letters available online

  October 12, 2014 3:07pm

  A new website on convicted Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg provides access to a collection of more than 500 letters between the couple while they were imprisoned.

• New children’s books: a tale from Spain, easing a young girl’s pain

  August 31, 2014 11:55pm

  Jacqueline Jules was inspired to write “Never Say a Mean Word, A Tale from Medieval Spain” by a Torah commentary she read — more than a dozen years ago.

• UMass Amherst scraps fall study programs in Israel

  August 12, 2014 11:01am

  The University of Massachusetts Amherst has canceled its study abroad programs in Israel for the fall semester.

• Leonard Bernstein sculpture unveiled at Tanglewood

  August 1, 2014 11:55am

  A bronze sculpture of Leonard Bernstein, one of the 20th century’s towering musical figures, was unveiled at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

• Jewish group leads protests blaming Israel for escalating violence

  July 11, 2014 7:35am

  Protests against Israel organized by Jewish Voice for Peace drew 1,000 demonstrators in 15 cities, organizers said.

• 2 Jewish candidates make Democratic primary for Mass. governor

  June 15, 2014 7:19am

  Steve Grossman, the former chair of AIPAC, will be one of two Jewish candidates for Massachusetts governor on the Democratic primary ballot.