Penny Schwartz

Penny Schwartz is JTA's correspondent based in Boston. She has been published in the Boston Globe, The Times of Israel, JewishBoston.com, WBUR’s TheARTery, and Hadassah Magazine.

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Rabbi Ezekiel Nissim Musleah, 92, captivating reader of Torah

By Penny Schwartz August 3, 2020 2:55 pm

Israeli CEO of Boston’s Tatte bakery chain steps down amid discrimination accusations

By Penny Schwartz July 28, 2020 5:05 pm

How did Europe’s Jews cope with a 17th-century plague? This 350-year-old memoir offers a glimpse.

By Penny Schwartz July 27, 2020 12:14 pm

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, Boston’s Jewish community unveils a memorial to its victims

By Penny Schwartz July 17, 2020 2:02 pm

New Hampshire lawmakers send bill requiring Holocaust education to governor

By Penny Schwartz July 2, 2020 5:22 pm

Sidney Forman, 95, lived out a dream with performance of musical comedy he wrote in the 1960s

By Penny Schwartz June 25, 2020 4:24 pm

Rievan Slavkin, 85, beloved rabbi and champion shofar blower

By Penny Schwartz June 23, 2020 2:02 pm

A Jewish ‘Dreamer’ breathes a sigh of relief after US Supreme Court preserves DACA

By Penny Schwartz June 19, 2020 1:57 pm

This Jewish Boston bookseller wants to help you spruce up your Zoom background

By Penny Schwartz June 19, 2020 11:26 am

Eva Konrad Hawkins, 90, Holocaust survivor who designed underwater museum exhibits

By Penny Schwartz June 18, 2020 3:41 pm

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