A Halloween party in Boston turned ugly when a gang hurled antisemitic slurs and attacked Jewish teenagers
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The Boston Globe detailed the Hecht House attacks in its Nov. 3, 1950, edition. Boston GlobeOn a chilly Halloween night in late October 1950, dozens of Jewish teenagers and their friends gathered for merriment in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester at the Hecht House, a Jewish community center that provided job training and hosted social events. While there, they celebrated the holiday with dancing, cake and ice cream. Then, terror approached again. Motivated by antisemitism, neighborhood teen