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• 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.

• Rabbi-produced CD of Ugandan songs wins music award

  June 8, 2014 9:41am

  “Delicious Peace,” a CD of original Ugandan songs produced by the longtime Hillel director at Tufts University, won best world traditional album at the Independent Music Awards.

• A decade later, Mass. Jews look back at legacy of same-sex marriage first

  May 30, 2014 12:38pm

  In the 10 years since Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage, attitudes have shifted nationally and in the Jewish community.

• Boston-area rabbi leaves pulpit over marital infidelity

  May 11, 2014 12:08pm

  Rabbi Barry Starr, a leader in the Conservative movement who has served a suburban Boston synagogue for nearly three decades, resigned after acknowledging his marital infidelity.