Massachusetts

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.

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.
A US Coast Guard plane searches for people after it found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of Massachusetts' Nantucket island, US, October 3, 2026.

US Coast Guard halts search for six people missing after medical transport aircraft crashes

Country singer Zach Bryan wears 'Free Palestine' shirt to show at Gillette Stadium, October 3, 2026.

Zach Bryan’s ‘Free Palestine’ shirt shows how political pressure can backfire on Israel - analysis

Lindsay Clancy looks on as Judge William Sullivan has declared a mistrial in Plymouth, US, September 4, 2026.

Lindsay Clancy returns to court for hearing after murder case mistrial ruling


UMass Lowell campus lockdown lifted, no weapons located

An individual was captured on video holding what appeared to be a gun near the dorm buildings, but no suspect was located.

Massachusetts law enforcement investigates possible shooter on UMass Lowell campus

Massachusetts man sentenced to 26 months for threats to synagogues, Israel consulate

John Reardon, 60, was sentenced by US District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston to 26 months in custody after pleading guilty in November.

Cars speed by a parked police cruiser in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on April 21, 2023.

Fortunate mistake: Lottery player buys two matching tickets and walks away with $2 million

Paul Corcoran mistakenly purchased two tickets with the same numbers and walked away with double the winnings at astonishing odds.

Paul Corcoran

Fire at Boston-area senior living facility kills at least nine

About 70 people lived at the Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, where the fire broke out about 9:30 p.m. on Sunday.

 Boston firefighters respond to a two-house fire between Sumner and Webster Streets in East Boston, Massachusetts, July 30, 2014.

Brick reading ‘Free Palestine’ thrown through window of Boston-area kosher grocery store

The Butcherie is one of the Boston area’s only kosher grocers, selling kosher meat and prepared foods from its home in Coolidge Corner.

 A brick thrown through the window of the Butcherie in Brookline, Massachusetts, June 15, 2025.

Lone soldier saves life of Massachusetts doctor with stem cell donation

The lone soldier who made aliyah from California had only just turned 23 when she received the call telling her someone needed her stem cells.

Maya Ben Yitzhak, a lone soldier from Chicago, saved the life of a 64-year-old Massachusetts woman after she donated her bone marrow

Judge cites Betar US in releasing Massachusetts student from immigration detention

Betar US has been linked to the arrest of Efe Ercelik, who punched a Jewish student and later faced ICE detention.

 A demonstration for Israeli hostages staged by Hillel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, shortly before a student was arrested for punching a Jewish student and spitting on an Israeli flag at the event in Amherst, Massachusetts, Nov. 3, 2023.

Sheba Medical Center will open a healthcare startup accelerator in Boston

The new accelerator will serve as a soft landing platform for Israeli and international startups looking to expand into the American healthcare market.

 Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, Director General of Sheba Medical Center.

MIT conference cancels talk on PFLP terrorist after participants threaten to withdraw

Speakers at the conference reportedly withdrew over a lecture by activist Susan Abulhawa on "Following in the Footsteps of [PFLP spokesman] Ghassan Kanafani."

 MIT STUDENTS were among the first to cheer the Hamas pogrom, says the writer.

University of Massachusetts confirms that five international students’ visas were revoked

The university's chancellor said some students had their visas revoked over minor traffic incidents.

 Boston skyline, Massachusetts