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Sword-wielding Massachusetts man arrested over threats to Trump, FBI says

Andrew Emerald was charged in an eight-count indictment over a string of threatening posts, including one in which he vowed to travel to Mar-a-Lago if Trump was not dead by 2026.

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 26, 2026.
KASH PATEL is applauded by his partner Alexis Wilkins after being sworn in as FBI director by US Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus in Washington, DC, US, February 21, 2025.

FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend receives threatening email, Massachusetts man arrested

An empty classroom

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

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


Boston’s groundbreaking community mikveh closed due to burst pipe

For Boston-area Jews who immerse ritually on a monthly basis, in keeping with Jewish tradition, the closure could be a significant interruption.

Mikvah Mei Chaya Mushka in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

US state rep calls Israel an 'apartheid-run thuggery terrorist regime'

A representative to the Massachusetts House of Representatives called the Israeli administration a murderous, thieving, apartheid, terrorist regime.

Israel Apartheid Week at Columbia University.

Edinburgh and New England for the Jewish Visitor

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 47

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Fourth Israeli Art Lending Library Launched in New England

The art collection encompasses more than 100 original pieces of art by Israeli artists.


Boston councilor proposes official 'Hijab Day' on Mahsa Amini's birthday

Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson drew a connection between Amini's death at the hands of the morality to police to the rise of Islamophobia in the US.

 A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Berlin, Germany, October, 22, 2022.

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.

 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.

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.

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.

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.

 Support for Ukraine in Concord, Massachusetts.