In Guatemala, Rabbi Mack gets first-hand look at how human-rights advocates can make a difference
Rabbi Joshua Bolton: Growing Jewish life through Hillel
Temple Sinai’s biblical garden grows again
Will spring be the same this year?
It’s the beginning of March and here in southern New England we are all looking forward to spring. This is our annual Home & Garden issue, because it’s around now that we’re …
Do you remember?
A new decade is cause for reflection
Many opportunities for civil discourse
Step away from the rat race
Looking back at Jewish Rhode Island in 5779
In a 1951 issue of the Israeli Yiddish journal, “Di Goldeni Kayt” (“The Golden Chain”), the prominent Yiddish writer, Sholem Asch (1880-1957), tells of the reaction of his …
JCS building closed but team, volunteers still serve community
As with so many other organizations in the Rhode Island Jewish community, Jewish Collaborative Services (JCS) closed their building this week. But they haven’t stopped offering services to the community.
Congregations find new ways to stay connected
‘Politics is for Power,’ author to speak at Bryant
From Providence to Israel
Temple Sinai to honor the voices of women
Doctors of Music at JCC on March 22
Gone but not forgotten: Jewish delis, bakeries and Benny’s
The conversation began with the red sticker on the box containing a hand mixer. Printed on the sticker was the price and the name of the store – Benny’s. Seeing the familiar sticker …
Passover in the time of coronavirus: Cancellations mount at Kosher resorts
NEW YORK (JTA) – For the past three years, Esther Possick has avoided the hassle of hosting Passover at her Long Island home by traveling to Kosher hotels in foreign locales. In 2017, she spent the holiday at a resort in Stresa, a resort town on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy not far from the Swiss border. The following year she tried out Rimini, a coastal city on the Adriatic. Last year she opted for a program in Spain.
Meet the challah-tinkering yeast scientist who’s helping pandemic bread bakers get a good rise
(JTA) — Few people have any great solutions for this difficult moment in human history, but Sudeep Agarwala is one of them. As a yeast scientist, Agarwala spends much of his time thinking …
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