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Tillie Orleck with sons Ralph, left, and Gary.

‘Matriarch of the Meal Site’ celebrates 90th birthday

CRANSTON – At 90, Tillie Orleck is sharp and spry. She still drives, and seems to know everyone at the Providence and Cranston Kosher senior meal sites, where her “near-perfect … more

MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE | 2/28/19

Jeffrey Padwa recognized with Extraordinary Leadership Award

Jeffrey Padwa will be recognized with the Extraordinary Leadership Award by the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies on March 31 at its 2019 annual conference in Atlanta for his exceptional … more

2/28/19

Hadassah R.I. installs 2019 officers

Hadassah Rhode Island installed its executive board for 2019 during a meeting at The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence, in Warwick, on Feb. 3. The board will be led by president … more

BY JEWISH R.I. STAFF | 2/4/19

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s personal trainer shares secrets of a healthy Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Bryant Johnson says pressure creates diamonds, and I think I just upped the carat level. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s personal trainer did not know that his … more

RON KAMPEAS | 1/10/19

Rabbi Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus says, “Jews are dynamic people.”

New book suggests eating Jewishly involves improvisation

Rabbi Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, a professor of religion at Wheaton College and the author of “Gastronomic Judaism as Culinary Midrash,” has confessed to eating possibly non-Kosher … more

IRINA HAWKINS | 1/10/19

Mark Kanter and Lynne Glickman with The Voice in Tokyo.

Experiencing Erev Rosh Hashanah in Tokyo

As we were making plans to go on a baseball trip to Japan this past September, we realized that we would be in Tokyo for Rosh Hashanah. We made arrangements to attend Erev Rosh Hashanah services … more

MARK KANTER and LYNNE GLICKMAN | 12/20/18

Annual Plein Air Exhibit on display at Temple Habonim

The December/January/February show in the Bunny Fain Gallery at Temple Habonim features works by Plein Air artists, all members of the summer LLC (Lifelong Learning Collaborative) Plein Air … more

12/6/18

Cheryl Greenfeld Teverow and Mitzi Berkelhammer.

Rosh Hodesh program explores Hagar

Hagar and Sarah were front and center, as women in the Jewish community gathered in the Baxt Social Hall at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center on Oct. 23 for the fall Rosh Hodesh … more

SETH FINKLE | 10/25/18

Anti-Semitism, seltzer and the internet among topics at ‘An Evening of Jewish Renaissance’

Jonathan Weisman, an author and the deputy Washington editor of The New York Times, will be among the many speakers at this year’s “Evening of Jewish Renaissance,” which will be … more

LARRY KATZ | 10/25/18

A few of the many items that will be available at the Creative Hands Art Sale.

Creative Hands at Temple Emanu-El

With Rhode Island’s bumper crop of talented artists and craftspeople, it is only fitting that Temple Emanu-El’s Creative Hands Art Sale is held each fall midway between Sukkot and … more

MARJORIE PELCOVITS | 10/25/18