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Gal Gadot and husband are remaking an Israeli crime drama for a US audience

(JTA) – Gal Gadot and her husband are remaking an Israeli crime drama for showing in the United States. Gadot and Yaron Varsano’s Pilot Wave production company has joined Endemol Shine … more

MARCY OSTER | 12/10/19

About Kevin Olson

The Cranston playwright, 61, is married to Amy Olson, executive director of the University of Rhode Island Hillel since 2005. The couple have two grown children, Daniel and Shira. Early … more

12/12/19

You can help create the ‘Jewish Roots’ art installation from home

In the “new normal,” when we have to be physically apart from one another more than we would like, the message of artist Nancy Katz’s “Jewish Roots” community art … more

HANNAH ALTMAN | 11/25/20

How this iconic Yiddish song became an anthem for Black Americans

This story originally appeared on Kveller. What makes one person tick is totally subjective, but science confirms that people are hard-wired to respond to music. It lifts our moods, eases pain and … more

Arielle Kaplan | 6/22/20

There’s a long history of Jews playing Nazis on screen

Taika Waititi’s satirical film “Jojo Rabbit” is finally out! Set in Nazi Germany, the Jewish Maori director famously plays Adolf Hitler. “What better way to insult Hitler than having him played by a Polynesian Jew,” Waititi himself tweeted. more

Lior Zaltzman | 10/24/19

'The Last Flight of Petr Ginz' at JCC

“The Last Flight of Petr Ginz,” a documentary that connects the space shuttle Columbia disaster and the Holocaust, is the next film in the Israeli Culture Series, screening Jan. 8 at the Dwares Jewish Community Center in Providence. more

BY JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF | 12/18/19

Alan Bernstein – musician, educator par excellence

For decades, Alan Bernstein has lived two lives. One is largely orchestral, the other is pure jazz. One life, the orchestral, takes place in classrooms; the other is on stages. One involves students, most of them young; the other caters to adults. Bernstein, 69, has always managed to balance these two lives and to excel at both: He is an acclaimed instrumentalist who has performed in the Newport area since the 1980s; the Newport Public Schools named him Teacher of the Year in 2013; and he received a Distinguished Music Educator’s Award from Yale University in 2007. more

ROBERT ISENBERG | 3/3/22

‘Bad Jews’: The play behind the title

A lot has happened since 2013, when Joshua Harmon’s play “Bad Jews” was first staged, at the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City. True, antisemitism was thriving in 2013, but the decade since has been even more frightening for American Jews: Antisemitic violence in the U.S. is now at an all-time high, according to the Anti-Defamation League. more

ROBERT ISENBERG | 2/16/23

Ari Shapiro tells the back story of his cabaret show in New Bedford

Ari Shapiro doesn’t seem to fit the mold of a cabaret performer. After all, the NPR journalist is best known as one of the co-hosts of the afternoon news and features radio show “All … more

FRAN OSTENDORF | 6/15/23

Mandy Patinkin to celebrate ‘Being Alive’ in Feb. 9 concert in New Bedford

A concert “is my favorite thing to do, of all the things I do,” says Mandy Patinkin, the 70-year-old actor and singer. “It’s immediate. It’s in the moment. The audience defines the evening. That’s who I’m doing it for. It’s the first concert in three years, since before the pandemic. I thought, ‘We’re all feeling alive again. Let’s celebrate!’ ” more

ROBERT ISENBERG | 1/18/23