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A Textbook Case: Antisemitism Commission’s K-12 Recommendations Protect Israel more than Massachusetts’ Jewish Communities

August 28, 2025 Barbara Dougan

by Barb Dougan As has been previously reported, the legislature created the Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism by way of a budget amendment in 2024, bypassing the usual legislative process and preventing any opportunity for public comment. The SCCA is tasked with making recommendations for […]

Gaza’s Last Lifeline

August 27, 2025 Randy Wurster

By Randy Wurster Dr. Aziz Rahman’s Experience from Nasser Hospital This past Saturday, a group of 90 members of the Sharon community and surrounding towns bore witness to a rare firsthand account from inside Gaza’s medical system. Dr. Aziz Rahman, a Massachusetts native and dual […]

Keeping Up with China’s Military

August 20, 2025 Mark Stern

by Mark Stern The U.S. argues it has to expand its military to keep up with China, which has increased its military spending almost ten-fold. According to this archived report, not withstanding that growth, China’s military still comes nowhere close to that of the USA. […]

Trump’s War on Education Needs Resistance

August 20, 2025 Owen Madaus

By Owen Madaus The Trump administration has taken actions to gut public education funding and undermine opportunity for millions of students in Massachusetts and across the country. It’s unlikely you need a reminder on why education is the backbone of a strong society, but it […]

Rabbi Greg Hersh’s Speech at the 80th Commemoration of the Hiroshima Bombing

August 20, 2025 Rabbi Greg Hersh

B’Siata Dishamaya Shalom everyone. I’m Rabbi Greg Hersh, a member of Rabbis4Ceasefire and Jewish Voice For Peace Rabbinical Council. This September, I’m launching a new community in Cambridge called V’ahavtah: A Judaism beyond Zionism Synagogue. We gather on this solemn 80th anniversary of the bombings of […]

The Original Child Bomb

August 13, 2025 Jeannie Connerney and Jeanne Trubek

by Jeannie Connerney and Jeanne Trubek Commemorating the original child bomb – and mobilizing against its successors. In 1912, Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City gave 3,000 cherry trees to Washington, D.C. to celebrate the growing friendship between the United States and Japan. Thirty-three years later, […]

A Day of Remembrance- The Commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

August 13, 2025 Addelyne Lilley

On Wednesday, August 6th, MAPA, the American Friends Service Committee, The Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Security, and other local and national peace organizations hosted a commemoration on the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The commemoration opened at noon with […]