Tag: Massachusetts
Anti-Semitic football play-calling in Massachusetts town hints at long history of ‘systemic bias’
In this well-groomed coastal town, members of the small Jewish community and others are trying to determine why its vaunted high school football team used the terms “Auschwitz,” “rabbi” and “dreidel” while calling plays...
Boston suburb becomes first in Massachusetts town to adopt IHRA definition
The Boston suburb of Sharon, Mass., has become the first municipality in the state to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism, after a push by local activists.
In a unanimous...
Massachusetts high school fires football coach for anti-Semitic language
A Massachusetts high school fired its football coach on Wednesday and is investigating the use of anti-Semitic language by the team during a recent game.
Administrators at Duxbury High School said in an emailed statement that the...
Neal holds on in Democratic primary against anti-Israel challenger
In a win for the pro-Israel community, incumbent Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) won against progressive challenger Alex Morse in the Democratic primary on Tuesday in Massachusetts’s 1st Congressional District.
Neal, chairman of the U.S. House Ways and...
Israel support pushed to side in heated Massachusetts congressional primary
Longtime Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) is facing a serious primary challenge from progressive Alex Morse on Sept. 1 in Massachusetts’s 1st Congressional District.
Will Morse, currently the mayor of Holyoke, Mass., continue the streak of...
Questions stir over BDS, certain Democratic primary candidates in Massachusetts
Ahead of the Sept. 1 Democratic primary for the Massachusetts 4th District, questions are growing over one candidate’s past stances regarding the BDS movement.
Progressive Jesse Mermell, a former Brookline select board member, who has...
Boston-born Jake Auchincloss seeks House seat vacated by Joe Kennedy
The race to fill the seat vacated by Rep. Joe Kennedy, who is running for U.S. Senate, has produced one of the most competitive primaries in Massachusetts.
The election, which will be held on Sept....
Could a pro-BDS congressional candidate win in New England’s largest Jewish district?
The Democratic Party has undergone a shift in recent years, with a number of longtime incumbents falling to progressive upstarts. In heavily blue Massachusetts, the race to succeed Democrat Rep. Joe Kennedy (who is...
Student collaboration award at Tufts goes to SJP chapter
The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at Tufts University on Wednesday won a student organization award.
The Student Organization Awards ceremony did not take place on campus due to the coronavirus pandemic and instead...
Pressley explains split from ‘The Squad’ in voting for anti-BDS resolution
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) has defended her vote on Tuesday condemning the anti-Israel BDS movement—a split from the so-called “Squad” that includes Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
The...