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First the battle, then the music “Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance,” by Jeremy Eichler (Alfred A. Knopf, 386 pp…

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Commuter students at a predominantly residential school can sometimes feel left out, but there are also big benefits to living at home.

Richard Davey, a partner at the firm Boston Consulting Group and a former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation, will take over the job on May 2. He’ll lead a staff of roughly 54,000 and oversee the city’s sprawling subways, bus and paratransit networks.

BU Academy Sees Admissions Boom Strolling down Comm Ave: Isaac Rajagopal (BUA’23) (from left), Chris Kolovos, BU Academy head of school, and Jasper Milstein (BUA’24). Photo by Tom Kates for BUA University News Special atmosphere and BU COVID precautions credited for increase June 10, 2021 Twitter Facebook Boston University Academy, the independent coed private high school operated by BU, will enroll its largest ever ninth grade class this fall. Applications increased by ...

Illustrative: A mikveh immersion for the purpose of conversion to Judaism. (Mayyim Hayyim/Tom Kates via JTA) In other words, the ruling applies only to a vanishingly small demographic: those who live in Israel, are not citizens, are not Jewish, then decide to become Jewish through Reform or Conservative conversion. Official figures are hard to come by, but that’s not many people at all. The ruling does not apply to Jewish Americans (or non-Jews) seeking to move to Israel. It does not apply to...

Israel’s religious conservatives have spent the week warning of nonexistent conversion drives among migrants and foreigners, while ignoring the conversion crisis closer to home