“In our times, people often gauge communities by their leaders,” observes Congregation Beth Sholom’s Rabbi Barry Dolinger. As part of countering that trend, the Providence synagogue has launched “CBS Speaks,” a Friday night dinner series …
more
SHAI AFSAI
|
11/13/15
|
Hate is a horrible thing.
It touches all communities – anywhere that there are people who are perceived as “different.” It’s been around for as long as there have been people who think that theirs is the only way of thinking. …
more
Fran Ostendorf
|
10/29/15
|
I have read “Googling for God” over and over again, and I still can’t figure out whether or not Seth Stephens-Davidowitz’s front page opinion piece in the Sept. 20 issue of “The New York Times Sunday Review” is meant to be taken …
more
Rabbi James Rosenberg
|
10/29/15
|
Thank you for the front page article about the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) Program Excellence Award given to the Community Relations Council of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island (CRC) for being instrumental in …
more
Letters to the editor
|
10/29/15
|
As an American citizen, I’m proud to be able to vote for whomever I choose on Election Day. I also defend Jerry Fogel’s right to urge people to vote for the party of his choice. But I object to his chutzpah that he has to tell me what to …
more
Letters to the editor
|
10/29/15
|
As an American and a Jew, I am outraged and insulted that someone would tell me what party not to vote for as a result of a single issue. There are many issues for which Republicans have either voted no or not allowed a vote to take place.
Where …
more
Arthur Fixler
|
10/29/15
|
Liz Hollander was an extraordinary human being.
“She was a truly righteous person,” wrote one member of the J Street RI steering committee. Others described Liz as “warm,” “insightful,” “feisty,” “generous” and …
more
Eleanor Lewis and Judy Kaye
|
10/29/15
|
In 2009, the world-renowned American violinist Joshua Bell stood on a stage in Czestochowa, Poland, to play Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D on a Stradivarius violin, the very same violin that had been owned and played in the same town by the Polish …
more
LINDA SHAMOON
|
10/29/15
|
CRAFTY (Cranston Area Federation of Temple Youth) at Temple Sinai in Cranston is excited to share news about plans for this year. Newly elected student leaders, Emma Rosenfield and Jack Gabrilowitz, say they look forward to planning more …
more
Jewish Voice Staff
|
10/29/15
|
BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. – Though it seems unlikely that a Jewish community took root on this very small island 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, many years ago it did. A uniquely beautiful oasis that calls to travelers, Block Island has been a …
more
GLORIA S. REDLICH
|
10/29/15
|