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

Sports

Jewish Patriots fans, from seventh-graders to senior citizens, celebrate yet another Super Bowl win

By Penny Schwartz February 4, 2019

Culture

Immigrant tale wins top Jewish children’s book honor

By Penny Schwartz January 28, 2019

Culture

A collection of Yiddish songs was thought lost forever. Now they’ve been nominated for a Grammy.

By Penny Schwartz January 25, 2019

United States

Sale of Julian Edelman’s cleats yields $10k donation for Pittsburgh victims’ families

By Penny Schwartz January 11, 2019

Obituaries

Alfred Bader, Milwaukee philanthropist and art collector, dies at 94

By Penny Schwartz January 2, 2019

Culture

40 years ago, a refusenik made art of the Soviet Jewish tragedy. At 82, he is seeing its first English translation.

By Penny Schwartz December 18, 2018

United States

Jewish studies conference celebrates 50 years of explosive growth in the field

By Penny Schwartz December 18, 2018

United States

Pro-Palestinian groups claim victory as New England police pull out of training program in Israel

By Penny Schwartz December 9, 2018

Culture

A history of the radical Jewish feminists and the one subject they never talked about

By Penny Schwartz December 7, 2018

United States

Hanukkah menorah is toppled near Harvard campus

By Penny Schwartz December 4, 2018

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