A much more recent phenomenon has been a movement among some Igbo to match their tradition of Jewish descent with the learning of Hebrew and the practice of Judaism. Outside of Nigeria, there has been growing interest in the country’s Igbo Jews, who now number somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000.  In 2012, New York filmmaker Jeff […]

“You’re hoping it’s a teachable moment, where they can grasp the topic, understand it for more than it has been sensationalized for, and have a takeaway for them to where their thought process actually gets improved through it,” said Dan Lebowitz, the executive director of Sport in Society at Northeastern University in Boston. Though the […]

By 2009, the depths of the last recession, building permits had fallen to fewer than 8,000, and in 2012, three years after the recession, building permits issued for housing units were still less than half the number of 2005. Meanwhile, the state’s population grew by more than 400,000, according to the census. “There’s simply no […]

WITH BIDDING WARS heating up, construction booming, and mortgage rates still at historic lows, the housing market is finally on the rise — but a new problem might be on the horizon. And the baby boomers now pondering downsizing could be to blame. When empty nesters decide en masse to try and unload those sprawling homes in Newton […]

On Friday, some of the best gaming and education minds in the area gathered at the Northeastern University-Seattle campus to kick off an ambitious, long-term project to create just such a game. G.A.M.E.S. — short for Girls Advancing in Math, Engineering and Science — includes participants from Northeastern, the University of Washington’s Center for Game […]

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat who also campaigned on lowering student loan debt, had pushed for tying the student interest rate to what big banks pay to the Federal Reserve and lowering loan rates to 0.75 for one year. But Warren’s bill, her first piece of standalone legislation, never made it to the Senate […]

The state economy, despite performing well compared to the rest of the country, has begun to stall due to federal tax and budget policies, a group of local economists said yesterday. The MassBenchmarks Editorial Board, made up of economists from around the state, said in a statement released yesterday that the state’s economic growth has […]

Many companies talk about employee engagement and have lofty mission statements, but few live them. Meet Bridgeway Capital Management, the anti-Wall Street based in Houston, Tex. For 20 years, they have given 50 percent of their profits to charity, capped partner compensation at seven times the earnings of the lowest-paid employee, and have garnered $2.3 […]

What in the world happened to Aaron Hernandez? A $40 million athlete with enormous gifts and seemingly a ton of gratitude for opportunities given and taken? “You have to look at it in a context that’s larger than sports,” says Dan Liebowitz, though sports is his specialty as exececutive director of the Center for the […]

Prosecutors yesterday laid out in extraordinary detail the events leading up to the murder of Odin Lloyd in North Attleborough last week, charging former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez with the horrible crime. But the story gets even more dramatic. Reports today suggest that police are investigating Hernandez in connection with a double murder last […]

Questions about what could’ve been done differently arose recently in Steubenville, Ohio, in Torrington, Connecticut, and in other communities where teen dating violence and sexual assault drew national attention. Blame bounces around the victim’s clothes, the amount she drank, whether she “put herself in that situation,” and to the perpetrators, parents and society for fostering a culture […]

Some pretty amazing little gadgets are bringing new insights into how children respond to therapy and how we can improve our methods to really make a difference in the homes of our families. One intriguing tool is a sensory wrist band that collects information on a person’s movement, body temperature and other internal and physical […]