Massachusetts

Somerville councilors, solicitor delay final action on Israel divestment proposal

Deputy Director of Communications Grace Munns wrote in an email that the mayor “is closely following the City Council process, and... would do a thorough review with staff of the legislation.”

OCTOBER 15, 2026|ByGAVI KLEIN/JTA

A placard reading "Free Palestine, Boycott Israel" is held up among protesters carrying Palestinian flags at Amsterdam Central Station in the Netherlands on August 21, 2025.

Demonstrators hold BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) lettering calling for action against Israel during the "No Weapons For Israel" march to Leipzig/Halle Airport in protest against German arms deliveries to Israel.

Somerville, Massachusetts city council moves to enact Israel divestment vote

The ordinance would bar the city from investing in or procuring labor, services, or goods from companies that support entities identified by the ordinance as violating international law.

OCTOBER 13, 2026|ByGAVI KLEIN/JTA

Pro-Israel activists hold signs highlighting the October 7 Hamas attacks during an Israeli American Council (IAC) protest against screenings of the documentary NAZA in the US.

Israeli American Council leads nationwide protests against controversial Gaza documentary 'NAZA'

Pro-Israel groups are protesting screenings of 'NAZA' across the US, accusing the documentary of presenting a distorted account of the Gaza war and demanding additional context.

OCTOBER 12, 2026|ByALEX CARSON

A pro-Palestinian protest encampment is re-occupied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in Cambridge, Massachusetts,US, May 6, 2024.

Kalaniyot faculty network strengthens campus ties to Israeli scholars, fights academic boycotts

MIT's Professor Dr. Yossi Sheffi, deeply impacted by campus antisemitism and anti-Israel protests, helped create Kalaniyot to combat academic boycotts and strengthen ties with Israeli researchers.

OCTOBER 5, 2026|ByALEX CARSON

A student publication in Amherst College defends Hamas

"The Contra", the student publication that published the op-ed, is meant to be a platform for students with controversial opinions who wish to start a conversation around topics of their choice.

OCTOBER 22, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in an anti-Israel rally over tensions in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 14, 2022

Is this the first and only Jew to head a Christian University?

A Roman-Catholic university in the US has made history by electing a Jew to be its 17th president.

OCTOBER 18, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN

Old Campus at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, November 28, 2012

Massachusetts seal that evaded capture turns himself in to police

Locals nicknamed the seal "Shoebert" for the pond at which he was discovered.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Gray seal at Måkläppen nature reserve in Sweden

Boston city council member walks back antisemitic tweet

“Y’all are letting the Zionists SHAKE YOU DOWN,” Councilor Kendra Lara tweeted on Thursday.

JUNE 25, 2022ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

The Boston City Hall lights up in blue and white for Israel's 73rd Independence Day, April 15, 2021.

Support for Ukraine on display in small northeastern US towns

On a road trip from Maine to Connecticut, widespread backing of Ukraine could be seen in the form of flags and signs.

APRIL 14, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Support for Ukraine in Concord, Massachusetts.

'New York Jew' has 1983 arson conviction overturned due to antisemitism

“The credible evidence of antisemitic juror statements undermine the fairness of this verdict and denied Mr. Jacobson his Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury trial.”

APRIL 6, 2022ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA