During the lesser-known 1943 Sobibor Uprising, several hundred Jews fled into the forests of Poland, where many were tracked down and shot. Fifty-eight Sobibor inmates survived the war Meilan Solly - ...

Efforts to access a Payment In Lieu Of Taxes agreement between Tufts and Medford have reignited discussions over the university’s role in its surrounding communities. Tufts is exempt from property ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A new study from Tel Aviv University’s School of Public Health has confirmed what families on Staten Island have long believed: the Lucille & Jay Chazanoff Sunrise Day ...

The Starbucks located in the Joyce Cummings Center is set to close this Saturday. Employees were informed Thursday before their shifts that the Starbucks would be closing just two days later. The ...

(JTA) — This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. When Guy, a ...

When Guy, a 15-year-old Israeli, arrived at Camp Ramah, a Conservative movement camp in Ojai, California, in July, it didn’t take him long to pick up on California’s chill vibes. “The first thing I ...

Jared Kaufman is a JCC lifer. Right now, he serves as camp director at JCC Camps at Medford — but that’s just the most recent entry in his Katz JCC resume. He started off as a camper before he became ...

MARTHA’S VINEYARD — On a quiet, muggy summer Thursday morning, small groups of campers plotted who was going to “propose” to whom for the dance that evening. They made decorations for the dance at ...

My children go to a Zionist Jewish summer camp. It’s the kind of place that instills pride in Jewish identity and love for Israel while giving kids the normal joys of camp: canoeing, hiking, and ...

A summer camper delves into chemical reactions during a recent Wise Camps session at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island. Photo courtesy of Martha Daniels, SJCC Mercer Island’s Nevin ...

On August 13, 2025, as President Trump spoke at the Kennedy Center, city workers began dismantling homeless encampments near the venue, along the route to the White House. This action followed Trump’s ...