The Israel-Iran conflict is uniting the often-divided American Jewish community in a way the Gaza war has not. While Israel’s actions against Hamas have sparked deep disagreements — especially over civilian casualties and concern about the fate of the hostages — the campaign against Iran is widely seen as a necessary act of defense that... […]
Robert Berks, the sculptor who crafted the Albert Einstein Memorial in Washington, D.C., taught himself art by leaving school at lunchtime to copy the greats on display at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. A solitary Jew in an Irish Catholic Boston neighborhood, Berks, who grew up during the Depression, lived out his own version... […]