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Boston principal apologizes to Muslim, Arab students who felt 'unsafe' after Holocaust lesson

Jewish groups are condemning a Boston middle school principal after he apologized in an email for the impact of a mandatory Holocaust lesson on some students.

One school pupil, Teaghan Murtagh, wrote a letter to the Lexington Observer about Cole's order for her not to wear a T-shirt with the words "Save the bees. Plant more trees. Clean the seas. Punch Nazis."
 US-ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-CONFLICT-POLITICS-VOTE-PROTEST Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march during a "No Votes for Genocide" rally organized by the Boston Coalition for Palestine ahead of the US general election in Boston on November 2, 2024

Somerville voters backed Israel boycott, Jewish groups say it is illegal

Making Parkinson's cure personal: TechBio co-founder Micha Breakstoneand developmental biologist Olivier Pourquie.

AI meets biology: How cellular intelligence is redefining stem cell therapy

 (ILLUSTRATIVE) Four thousand US dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009.

Dozens charged in global insider trading scheme after making millions in illicit profits


Anti-Israel NGO schism grows with faction defying BDS leadership

BDS leadership allegedly demanded that BDS Boston cease promotion of the Mapping Project and issue a statement distancing itself from it, or else lose the right to use the BDS brand.

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, also known as BDS.

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.

BDS schism: BDS groups must reject Boston Jew map or lose BDS brand

The BDS leadership has distanced itself from the Boston map of Jewish and Zionist institutions, demanding affiliates do the same.

An anti-Israeli protest inspired by BDS

FBI monitoring BDS mapping site that ties Jewish orgs to police, media

FBI Boston Special Agent in Charge Joseph Bonavolonta: “At this time, we have not observed any direct threats of violence in open sources related to this map as of its publication.”

An FBI vehicle

Mass. Dems, including Ayanna Pressley, condemn pro-Palestinian project

The Mapping Project draws what it says are lines of influence between “Zionist leaders."

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) speaks at the Lincoln Memorial during the 'Get Your Knee Off Our Necks' march in support of racial justice, in Washington, US, August 28, 2020.

BDS map ties police, media to Boston Jewish, 'Zionist' institutions

The map ties Zionist and Jewish institutions to groups that are supposedly guilty of the "harms" of US imperialism, ableism, and more.

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, also known as BDS.

Boston’s Israeli Consulate Holds Song Contest for Israel Independence Day

 Last year's winner of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, Netta Barzilai of Israel, performs during the first semi-final of 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel May 14, 2019

Delta Airlines opens new Tel Aviv-Boston route

The first flights along the new route are expected to be nearly full due to high demand, the airline said.

Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli and US Ambassador Michael Herzog attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Delta Airlines' new Tel Aviv-Boston route.

Remembering Norbert Jokl: A distinguished Holocaust victim

Jokl left no heir. To date, he has no grave.

 Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 26, 2022, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Boston to get its first Holocaust museum

Couple Jody Kipnis and Todd Ruderman's Holocaust Legacy Foundation purchased a 15,000-square-foot building near Boston Common and plan to turn it into a museum.

 The New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston.