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By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — Navigating the complex violence between Israel and the Palestinian peoples is a difficult task for anyone. For children, the conflict can seem even more daunting and inaccessible. These days, community members at Lander-Grinspoon Academy...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — The murder of six Israeli hostages on Sept. 1 is being felt by the Jewish community “in a very personal way” said state Rep. Aaron Saunders, D-Belchertown, with the impact of the murders reverberating all the way to the lawn of City Hall...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Protesters from a variety of different activist groups in western Massachusetts coalesced onto the steps of City Hall Wednesday ahead of a speech before U.S. Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, levying accusations of...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — The Karuna Center for Peacebuilding hosted a virtual discussion on Wednesday during which activists reflected on the state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and shared ideas for community building and future peace efforts. Karuna Center...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Aiming to expand their protest across campus, students who have occupied Smith College’s administration building for almost two weeks said Tuesday they are moving the focus of their activism to Seelye Lawn.“We are choosing to relocate to...

By JAMES PENTLAND

SPRINGFIELD — Dozens of area health care professionals rallied outside the federal courthouse Tuesday to demand that U.S. Rep. Richard Neal join their call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.Speakers representing the interfaith Healthcare Workers...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Seven state legislators representing districts across Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden counties appeared together at Congregation B’Nai Israel in Northampton on Friday, answering questions on some key issues affecting the state as well as...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — Every day for the past month, a group of three local activists have fasted daily from sunrise to sunset as they protest the Israel-Hamas war and the U.S. government’s involvement in the conflict.The protesters — Peter Kakos, Nick Mottern...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

AMHERST — At least one of three UMass Amherst students denied the chance to study abroad next semester after being arrested for participating in the October sit-in protests against the war in Gaza has raised the possibility of bringing a federal...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — This year, Jewish families across the Pioneer Valley are partaking in traditional Hanukkah festivities, such as lighting the menorah, feasting on latkes and spinning the dreidel.But it’s impossible to celebrate this year’s Hanukkah,...

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — Palestinian advocates will march 25 miles — the length of the Gaza Strip — from Northampton to Springfield on Sunday to demand Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey call for a permanent cease-fire.The 12-hour event, expected to draw at...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HADLEY — A four-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that began Friday isn’t enough to stop the hundreds of local protestors who have gathered several times a week since the war started to demand a permanent end to fighting in Gaza.Those who...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — At a poignant City Council meeting on Wednesday evening, residents and councilors came together to share stories of antisemitism, hatred and hope in expressing their support for a resolution against antisemitism, which passed...

By Sophie Hauck

AMHERST — News that Hamas militants kidnapped a member of Iris Berkman’s extended family in early October sent the Amherst resident reeling.Berkman described 79-year-old Chaim Peri, the father-in-law of her nephew, as “salt of the Earth” and a...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — Tova Reznicek, an Israeli-American living in Israel, has spent the last three weeks worried that a rocket will fall on her neighbors, friends, colleagues and herself.Her street has already been bombed, and on a morning call with the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — As Israel amasses troops along the border with Gaza in preparation for a likely ground invasion, around 50 protesters congregated at the roundabout in front of the Coolidge Bridge in Northampton Monday to call for a ceasefire in the...

NORTHAMPTON — Professor David N. Myers, distinguished scholar of modern Jewish history and professor of history at UCLA, will speak at Congregation B’nai Israel, 253 Prospect St., Northampton, Tuesday, July 18 at 7 p.m.The event, “Democracy in Israel...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Ever since his childhood days growing up on Long Island, Rabbi Justin David always felt drawn toward his family’s faith as a door to community action.“Before going to college, I just had a kind of personal makeup that made me seek out a...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Rabbi Justin David journeyed from Northampton to Israel at the beginning of March for a 3½- week sabbatical, aiming to hike the Israel National Trail that stretches across the country.But he nearly didn’t make it back.“I left hours...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

HOLYOKE — After a sixth reported shooting in Holyoke in less than a week, police arrested a city woman on unlawful gun charges and another man who was with her on Tuesday night.Leshmarie Marin-Viera, 20, of Holyoke was arrested on charges of...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, is one of 237 members of the House to co-sponsor a controversial bill that the American Civil Liberties Union says would impose harsh penalties on U.S. citizens who support a boycott of Israel.The bill, known as...