A cardiovascular surgeon at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital was fatally shot by a former patient’s son, who later turned the gun on himself. Dr. Michael Davidson, 44, was shot twice on Tuesday morning in an exam room at the hospital, according to the Boston Globe, and died despite emergency surgery. The shooter, Stephen Pasceri,…
(JTA) — Within days of floating a proposal that woud have allowed Conservative rabbis to perform interfaith marriages, Rabbi Wesley Gardenswartz of Temple Emanuel in Newton, Mass., backed away from the controversial plan. In a recent email, Gardenswartz asked congregants to consider a proposal for a new shul policy that would enable him to officiate at…
Harvard University Dining Service has halted purchases of SodaStream equipment, after Palestinian students and their supporters protested. The dining service had been purchasing water machines from a company acquired by the Israeli company SodaStream, which has been a target of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement due to its factory located in Maale Adumim, a…
The Boston University Hillel student board has voted to approve J Street U as an official student affiliate group. The decision on Dec. 4 came several months after J Street U, the campus affiliate of the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group J Street, was turned down, the Boston University student newspaper, The Daily Free…
Forget tinsel, trees and twinkly lights. For Jews, Christmas holds the promise of massive amounts of Chinese food. Which is why, with the 25th just around the corner, one would think that it would be wise to be extra-nice to your local purveyor of magical soup dumplings and General Tso. Ben Edelman disagrees. After ordering…
The American Jewish Committee fired a staffer who offered to share with Open Hillel activists an off-the-record recording of a conference call with the director of Hillel. Danny Blinderman, who works in AJC’s Boston office, said in an email exchange with members of Open Hillel that he would join the call led by Hillel International…
The author, center, with her children Anna and Adam, in 2014. // Photo courtesy of Judy Bolton-Fasman For eight years I’ve written a weekly parenting column for a local Jewish newspaper in Boston. My valedictory column will be published just before Rosh Hashana. When I accepted the job, I made it clear that I would…
(JTA) — To certain first-time visitors to Havurat Shalom, the congregation’s prayer room may look remarkably familiar. From the macrame Jewish star adorning the ark and the Middle Eastern-style lamp serving as a ner tamid to the pillows on a bare floor and the sparely decorated walls, the room looks exactly as it does in…
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