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PEACEDALE – We all forget things, now and again. However, if your elementary or middle school student always seems to forget his or her homework or loses it between school and home, he or she might not be doing it on purpose. If that same child … more

Randy Kulman, Ph.D. | 8/1/13

New research indicates Jewish day schools make a positive difference

NEW YORK – Jewish day schools make a difference in the lives of children, their teachers and the communities they serve, according to information from Yeshiva University Institute for University-School Partnership. more

8/1/13

ONE Jewish immigrant turns 100

PAWTUCKET – Otilia (Tanya) Plungyan was the youngest of six children born July 13, 1913 to a modest merchant and his wife. more

Sophia Friedman | 8/1/13

Launching The Jewish Voice

PROVIDENCE – With the new Jewish year of 5774 starting next month and a new school year fast approaching, we’re taking the opportunity to rename and redesign the newspaper with this issue. We think these changes will help make the newspaper … more

8/1/13

Adam Tilove takes the helm at JCDS

PROVIDENCE – Adam Tilove, the new Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island head of school, is relieved that Providence has good pizza. He riffed about pizza and talked seriously about JCDS with The Jewish Voice shortly after he, his wife Marni … more

Arthur C. Norman | 8/1/13

A Cuban reunion

PROVIDENCE – Lions of Judah women who participated in the mission to Cuba (Seehttp://preview.tinyurl.com/myfh4dw, “On a mission to Cuba, with the JDC,” by Susan Leach DeBlasio, in the April 26 issue) attended a reunion at the home of Larry and … more

8/1/13

Lone Soldier Center ministers to needs of IDF soldiers far from home

KIBBUTZ GESHER, Israel – Don’t let anyone tell you that time and distance will harm the closeness of our community! Just the opposite, I say; sometimes it shows the importance of maintaining our communities’ relations, and can even make them … more

Michael Meyerheim | 8/1/13

From camp to campus

KINGSTON – This fall, Aaron Guttin, 23, is going back to school – again. But this time, he heads to the campus of the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, where he will serve URI Hillel as its Jewish student life coordinator. more

8/1/13

Walking in the shoes of Holocaust victims

PROVIDENCE – Although I stare at my computer screen in the comforts of my home, I see myself walking between glass display cases filled with thousands and thousands of shoes. more

Marsha Gibber | 8/1/13

Women Share Memories Through Old Photos, Stories

BARRINGTON – As we begin our Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island Annual Campaign this fall, I have been reflecting on my many years of experience with the Women’s Division/Women’s Alliance (WA) of the Alliance. Now chairing the Community … more

Maybeth Lichaa | 8/1/13