Harvard students: ‘One-state solution’
Penny Schwartz, JTAMar 08, 2012
BOSTON To critics, the one-state conference held at Harvard University was a thinly veiled assault on the legitimacy of the Jewish state. To organizers, the...
In tough times, Jews are relying on the community
Penny Schwartz, JTADec 15, 2011
CHANUKAH EDITION SECTION E PAGE 6 BOSTON In August, in the heat of the summer, a Boston-area mother of three began to worry about how she would pay for Chanukah...
Becoming a rabbi later in life
Penny Schwartz, JTAAug 04, 2011
BOSTON Ten years ago, Sonia Saltzman was a frequent business traveler to Latin America for a Boston-based nonprofit job in international micro-lending. Evette Lutman...
Bibi cinches a deal
Penny Schwartz, JTAMar 26, 2009
JERUSALEM Depending on ones interpretation, Labors decision to join Benjamin Netanyahus Likud-led coalition grants Israels incoming government either a kosher...
Wilders v. Islam: Dutch parliamentarian faces prosecution – and hero worship
Penny Schwartz, JTAMar 05, 2009
STOUGHTON, Mass. In his home continent, Dutch politician Geert Wilders is something of a pariah, banned from the United Kingdom and facing prosecution in the...
