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Attendees included StandWithUs Rhode Island Executive Director Bracha Stuart, Board President Jeffrey Gladstone, Representative Cale Keable, Rep. Mia Ackerman, David Leach, Mark Pelson, Prof. Ezra Stieglitz, Steven Snow, Dr. Jeffrey Baron, Rabbi Aaron Philmus, Pastor Allen Pangburn, Pastor Dave Marquard. Prof. Ben Kimia, Evy Stieglitz, Varda Stieglitz, Ron Stuart, Avi Cohen, Maxine Cohen, Ronnie Sirota, Steve Sirota, Sidney Klevatt, Linda Klevatt and Marc Gertsacov.

On June 7, the Embassy of Israel in Washington D.C. commemorated the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. To mark this historic occasion, the Embassy celebrated with an event on … more

6/23/17

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg launches scholarship in memory of husband

JTA – Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced the creation of a scholarship program named after her late husband for low-income college students. Sandberg announced the Dave Goldberg … more

10/16/17

Bonnie P. Sweberg, 65

WARWICK, R.I. – Bonnie P. Sweberg died Jan. 8 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center. She was the beloved wife of Mark Sweberg for 29 years. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and raised in Marblehead, … more

1/19/18

Security campaign funds 26 projects at 15 institutions

BY JENNIFER ZWIRN In response to the upsurge in religious and racial acts of hate and violence both nationally and worldwide, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island kicked off a Community … more

3/4/18

Temple Offers No Dues for Six Months

Temple Sinai in Cranston is seeking new members. To attract them, the congregation is offering a chance for people to get to know the congregation without dues for the rest of 2018. “There … more

8/9/18

Israel cabinet approves plan to reunite 1,000 Ethiopians

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel’s Cabinet approved a plan to bring some 1,000 Ethiopian Falash Mura who have children living in Israel to the country. The plan approved on Oct. 7 was … more

10/12/18

We Are Read in Israel

We Are Read in Israel – Elaine and David Seidman (center and right) of Cranston traveled to Israel recently with his brother and sister-in-law Michael and Betty Seidman of Connecticut. Michael … more

11/23/18

Teva program inspires JCDSRI students to help heal Earth

It has been six weeks since the fifth-graders at the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island returned from their milestone three days in the Teva – Shomrei Adamah overnight program. The … more

ADINA DAVIES | 1/31/19

Brown Divest referendum ‘deeply harmful’

Unfortunately, on March 21, 2019, Brown University students voted to support a discriminatory divestment referendum against Israel. As a proud member of Brown Students for Israel (BSI) and a … more

JESSE RAVIV | 4/4/19

Fighting Hunger in R.I.

On April 28, The Outreach Program was held at Temple Beth-El. Participants packaged 40,000 meals that were distributed to Rhode Island agencies and food pantries. In addition, $9,800 was raised thanks for generous donations. This was very close to the goal of $10,000. more

6/6/19