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Dan Gamm with volunteers at the Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket.

The Talmud teaches us to “… sustain the non-Jewish poor with the Jewish poor, visit the non-Jewish sick with the Jewish sick, and bury the non-Jewish dead with the Jewish dead … more

STEPHANIE HAGUE | 1/5/17

The writer, Emma Axelrod, left, with Allie Wollner.

Brown, RISD students explore their identities, Jewish and otherwise

Brown University alum Allie Wollner ’10 returned to campus the week of Nov. 28 to lead students in a series of creative writing workshops centered on a Jewish theme. This was the second … more

EMMA AXELROD | 12/23/16

Chuck Nickles, “Sundown on Worden’s Pond,” oil

Annual Plein Air show opens Jan. 8

It’s time for the annual show in the Gallery at Temple Habonim, featuring Plein Air artists. This show, which opens Jan. 8 and runs through March 2, features works by members of the summer … more

12/23/16

A menorah with straight branches similar to the menorah at the synagogue in Dura Europos outside the Chabad House in Providence.

Menorah? Hanukkiah? Hanukkah Menorah?

What’s the difference between these terms? A menorah is a candelabrum with seven or nine branches or holders for light; it is often associated with the seven-branched menorah that was in the … more

RUTH BREINDEL | 12/9/16

Israeli ‘soldier for peace’ draws a crowd at Brown University

Risking your life, forfeiting your safety, and putting yourself through hell for a higher mission. These are all sacrifices we attribute to soldiers, and they are sacrifices that Yakir Englander … more

MICAH ROSEN | 12/9/16

In Uman, Hebrew letters cover store fronts and the sides of buildings so that from a photograph it looks more like Bnei Brak than Eastern Europe.

Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine

I was hoping for a significant religious encounter in Uman, the central Ukrainian city that on Rosh Hashanah is inundated by thousands of Jewish men who journey to the tziyun hakadosh (holy grave … more

SHAI AFSAI | 12/9/16

Reading a good Jewish book?

If you are reading a good book with Jewish content, we want to know. The subjects can be very diverse. For instance, a few of us have read a newly published book that explains why the majority … more

LARRY KATZ | 11/11/16

Skurkovich with his brothers and sisters who were also in the Russian army. He is in front, far right.

RIC to perform Russian-American composer’s ‘Holocaust’

On the evenings of Dec. 6 and 9, you can be part of a Jewish World War II veteran’s dream. On those dates, Dr. Simon Skurkovich’s “Holocaust,” a symphonic poem for … more

CAROL DORROS | 11/11/16

Shimon Peres honored at community memorial tribute

PROVIDENCE – On the night of Oct. 27, The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island held a memorial for Shimon Peres, the late former prime minister and president of Israel. Peres died on … more

SAM SERBY | 11/11/16

Kara demonstrates her fitness journey using various modalities available at the Jewish Alliance’s J-Fitness facility.

Fitness Journey: 8 months in, I own new power

If you had asked me when I started this journey where I thought I’d be eight months later, I would never have guessed here. Since embarking on this commitment to fitness, I … more

KARA MARZIALI | 10/13/16