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Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

Three recent graduates win Pulitzer Prize

Ava Berger September 7, 2022
Boston University Alumni Samantha Gross, Sarah Silbiger and Alexandra Wimley win Pulitzer Prizes for exceptional reporting.

Boston Jewish community, politicians respond to Poway shooting

Joel Lau May 1, 2019
Boston politicians and Jewish organizations reacted to the shooting at a Jewish synagogue near San Diego, California, that took place on Saturday with messages of support for the affected congregation. They condemned anti-Semitism and hate.
Bearing Witness: Learning vulnerability in 15 days

Bearing Witness: Learning vulnerability in 15 days

Ariel Stein November 11, 2018

Fifteen days ago a terrorist came to my hometown and took the lives of the members of Tree of Life Synagogue. Since that time, I have been on an emotional rollercoaster ride to say the least. As a...

Wake Me Up Boston: In wake of the unspeakable

Wake Me Up Boston: In wake of the unspeakable

Sarah Finkel November 1, 2018

This week, I struggle to find the words to adequately express my fury of thoughts. Words alone simply cannot begin to capture the magnitude of the tragedy that occurred in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood...

Young Israel of Brookline. The Boston Police Department heightened security around synagogues in the area in the wake of the deadly shooting Saturday at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston synagogues increase security after Pittsburgh shooting

Chloe McKim Jepsen October 31, 2018

During Saturday morning Shabbat services at the Chabad House of Greater Boston, Rabbi Shmuel Posner heard a ring at the door. He answered it and found a police officer. Since many observant Jews do not...

Boston University students gathered in Marsh Plaza  for a vigil remembering the victims of the Oct. 27 shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community responds to Pittsburgh shooting

Alex LaSalvia October 30, 2018
Boston University administrators and religious groups are attempting to comfort affected community members in the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline. In the wake of the deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Saturday, Jewish residents of Boston and Brookline have reported seeing rising levels of anti-Semitism in America. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Jewish Bostonians see rising trend of anti-Semitism nationwide but not in Boston area

Clarissa Garza October 30, 2018
In light of the Saturday shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Jewish community in Boston is focusing on furthering its messages of love and togetherness.
EDITORIAL: Trump’s call for armed guards is scapegoat to avoid talking about anti-semitism

EDITORIAL: Trump’s call for armed guards is scapegoat to avoid talking about anti-semitism

Editors October 28, 2018

Right on the heels of a series of bomb scares motivated by political ideology, a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, synagogue has reminded the nation how easily hate crimes can be dismissed with...

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