Meet Ronald Liebowitz of Brandeis
Penny Schwartz, JTAJul 21, 2016
BOSTON — After 32 years at Middlebury College, the last 11 as its president, Ron Liebowitz is calling Brandeis University his new academic home. On July 1, the...
Remembering Ezra Schwartz
Penny Schwartz, JTANov 26, 2015
BOSTON For some two-and-a-half hours, Ezra Schwartz was remembered for his unbridled joy and passion for life, his deep and ever-widening circle of friends, and his...
Kids’ books: It’s rhyme time for matzah and the seder
Penny Schwartz, JTAMar 28, 2013
PASSOVER EDITIONSECTION C PAGE 13 BOSTON Years ago, Nancy Steiner set out to make her family seder a bit more entertaining for her own young kids. She wrote a...
More Reform rabbis agreeing to officiate at intermarriages
Penny Schwartz, JTAJul 12, 2012
BOSTON Danny Richter and his fiancée, Lauren Perkins, have never been to a Jewish wedding. Thats about to change. This fall, the interfaith couple is planning to...
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 […]
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...
