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Cheryl Greenfeld Teverow and Mitzi Berkelhammer.

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

Erin Minior named CEO of JCS

PROVIDENCE – On Sept. 27, the board of directors of Jewish Collaborative Services (JCS) unanimously named Erin Minior as the president and chief executive officer of JCS. JCS, the … more

10/12/18

Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser with Sam Nelson who is holding his wood carving.

Tamarisk resident donates his hand-carved work of art to Temple Sinai

Sam Nelson is a man of many talents, and at age 99, his creative spirit remains strong. Once owner of the Nelson Rack Company, in Providence, a manufacturer for the jewelry plating industry, Nelson … more

DEBORAH GUTHRIE | 10/12/18

The Jewish Women’s Circle of Northern Rhode Island, a division of Chabad, sponsored a Challah bake and mosaic experience on Sept. 5 in Lincoln. Participants created mosaic honey dishes and made sweet round challahs in preparation for Rosh Hashanah. The event was dedicated to the memory of Laila Allen. Participants reported an evening of learning, inspiration and fun.

The Jewish Women’s Circle challah bake and mosaic experience

9/20/18

Some of the books in the SBHEC collection.

Teaching our children for a better future

How do we tell our children about the worst crime of the 20th century – the Holocaust? What is the right age to tell them how the Nazis systematically murdered two-thirds of European Jewry, … more

LEV POPLOW | 9/20/18

These Camp Kesem at Brown University counselors are excited to welcome our families to the 2018 camp session!

Partners Camp JORI and Camp Kesem offer summer fun to RI kids impacted by cancer

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Camp JORI concluded another successful summer on Aug. 12. But JORI’s camping season did not end there. Camp JORI joined forces with Brown University and Camp … more

9/7/18

On Aug. 3, a group of Sinai Scholars attending the National Jewish Retreat in Providence visited the Congregation Sons of Jacob on Douglas Avenue in Providence.

Sinai scholars visit Congregation Sons of Jacob

9/7/18

Book club member Jan Howard reads one of the books.

Community book club turns 10 while still going strong

For 10 years, the book club at Wingate Residences, on the East Side of Providence, has met monthly in the community’s library to discuss nonfiction, classics, modern-day memoirs and … more

KATHERINE WARTELL | 8/9/18