Massachusetts

300-pound menorah stolen from Boston-area synagogue and later recovered

The six-foot-tall menorah that had been on display at the entrance to Temple Emeth in Brookline, Massachusetts since 1948 was ripped from its base.

Son of ADL legend Leonard Zakim loses upstart bid in Massachusetts race

Josh Zakim, the son of Lenny Zakim, a legendary Jewish civil rights leader, had garnered the state Democratic party's nomination in June, with 55 percent of the vote.

Boston-area kosher restaurant can remain open despite charges against co-owner, town board says

Members of the Brookline Jewish community came to the meeting to support Taam China, since there are few kosher restaurants in the area.

Politics

Son of late Boston ADL legend Leonard Zakim gets Dems’ nod for Mass. secretary of state

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Man arrested in repeated vandalism of suburban Boston eruv

Politics

Pastor who said Holocaust spurred by gay men to run against Massachusetts governor

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Massachusetts college investigates ‘act of blatant and deplorable anti-Semitism’

Politics

Massachusetts seeks ideas to avoid conflict between 2018 primary and Yom Kippur

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Massachusetts teen arrested for stealing Holocaust memorial sculpture

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Anti-Semitic graffiti spray-painted on harbor wall near Boston

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