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Brown University shooting suspect identified as Portuguese national, found dead in storage unit

Investigators said Neves-Valente also killed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Nuno Loureiro earlier this week. 

Providence Police Officers join state and federal law enforcement agents searching for the Brown University shooter, in Salem, New Hampshire, US, December 18, 2025.
Students stand in front of the Van Wickle Gates after placing flowers, following a shooting at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, US December 14, 2025.

Police probe possible link between MIT professor's killing and Brown University shooting - report

People passing through MIT's campus stop to take pictures of a replica of the Wright Brothers Flyer which was placed on top of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Great Dome by unknown pranksters, December 17, 2003 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

MIT nuclear scientist Nuno Loureiro killed inside Brookline home

A Cathay Pacific aircraft takes off at Hong Kong International Airport on the day of the official launch of its third runway, in Hong Kong, China November 28, 2024; illustrative.

Police arrest Cathay passenger who tried to open aircraft door mid-flight from Boston to Hong Kong


Red Sox release minor leaguer after online attacks on Jewish executive

Chaim Bloom, who joined the Red Sox front office in 2019, is a Shabbat-observant Jewish day school graduate.

 Brett Netzer, left, has been released by the Boston Red Sox after an offensive social media tirade attacking team executive Chaim Bloom.

Boston area college in turmoil after string of antisemitic incidents

A string of antisemitic attacks in the Milton suburb south of Boston that started on Holocaust Remembrance Day has rocked the college town.

 Curry College logo as seen on campus in 1998.

Boston art museum will return 17th-century painting to heirs of its pre-WWII Jewish owner

The 1646 painting "View of Beverwijk" by Salomon van Ruysdael, will be auctioned in April and is expected to sell for between $500,000 and $700,000

Paintings are pictured during the opening of an exhibition featuring works by David Olere, a prisoner in Auschwitz concentration camp.

The trials that Hadassah's female founder faced explored in new book

The story of Henrietta Szold, a heroine to humanism, Zionism and equality, is in many ways the story of modern Jewish history leading up to and in the wake of the First and Second world wars.

 POSTAGE STAMP commemorating 100th anniversary of Henrietta Szold.

The little-known Jewish origins of Boston’s annual Christmas tree tradition

The Canadian province has been sending a Christmas tree to Boston as a measure of enduring gratitude for events that date back more than a century.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, pose in front of what is believed to be the biggest Christmas tree in the Middle East during their visit to Nazareth.

Israel Arbeiter, driver of Holocaust memory in Boston, dies at 96

A passionate advocate for Holocaust survivor justice and Holocaust education, Israel “Izzy” Arbeiter founded a Boston-based Holocaust memorial and organization for local survivors.

Remembrance candle

Man who attacked Boston rabbi to face hate crime charges

Khaled Awad, who stabbed Rabbi Noginski earlier this month, faces additional hate crime charges on top of several other charges.

Skyline of Boston. Picture was taken from a whale watching ferry that left from the aquarium dock. It is the Eastern side of the Boston peninsula.

Boston rabbi who survived stabbing attack says survival was a miracle

“If people want to see a miracle, they should look at me,” said the rabbi who was attacked outside the Jewish school.

Skyline of Boston. Picture was taken from a whale watching ferry that left from the aquarium dock. It is the Eastern side of the Boston peninsula.

Jewish roommate of Boston stabber took out restraining order against him

Khaled Awad, who stabbed a Chabad rabbi eight times, is described by friends as "violent" and "very anti-Semitic"

the Charles River in front of the skyline of Boston

Boston stabbing attack is alarming antisemitic development - editorial

“When a Chabad emissary is stabbed outside a Chabad building, you don’t have to investigate too hard to identify that it is a clear case of Jew-hatred,” said Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai.

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