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

Bonds of Life

Rabbi Ezekiel Nissim Musleah, 92, captivating reader of Torah

By Penny Schwartz August 3, 2020

Food

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

By Penny Schwartz July 28, 2020

Culture

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

United States

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

By Penny Schwartz July 17, 2020

United States

New Hampshire lawmakers send bill requiring Holocaust education to governor

By Penny Schwartz July 2, 2020

Bonds of Life

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

By Penny Schwartz June 25, 2020

Bonds of Life

Rievan Slavkin, 85, beloved rabbi and champion shofar blower

By Penny Schwartz June 23, 2020

United States

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

By Penny Schwartz June 19, 2020

Culture

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

By Penny Schwartz June 19, 2020

Bonds of Life

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

By Penny Schwartz June 18, 2020

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