Massachusetts

Boston-area Jewish day school to close after 25 years, saying its model is ‘no longer sustainable’

Located in Framingham, Massachusetts, MetroWest Jewish Day opened in 2003 and enrolls students in pre-K through eighth grade.

|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
An empty classroom
A DELTA Air Lines plane prepares to take off during a winter storm at Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, New York, US, December 26, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays, cancellations

People in much of the Northeast were advised to stay off the roads because of treacherous conditions, with states of emergency declared in New York and New Jersey.

|ByREUTERS
Providence Police Officers join state and federal law enforcement agents searching for the Brown University shooter, in Salem, New Hampshire, US, December 18, 2025.

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. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
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

According to AP, the FBI had previously said it knew of no links between the cases.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Massachusetts schools wrestle with an increase in antisemitism

So far in 2017, there have been 53 antisemitic incidents in Massachusetts K-12 schools, an increase of more than 60 percent over the 33 school-based incidents.

NOVEMBER 12, 2017ByGERRY TUOTI / METROWEST DAILY NEWS
Pine cones spelling out antisemitic messages near Pittsburgh, US.

Prickly politics at the nail salon is an unwelcome nail-biter

NOVEMBER 10, 2017ByDEBORAH GASTFREUND SCHUSS
The Jerusalem Post

Church's showing of film on Israel draws protest

The protesters against the film say its presents a "factually incorrect and distorted" account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

NOVEMBER 2, 2017ByPAUL LEIGHTON / THE SALEM NEWS MASSACHESETTS
First Universalist Church