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About 150 kids of all ages enjoyed the music of Jewish rock singer Rick Recht on Yom ha-Atzmaut at the Alliance’s Jewish Community Center in Providence. Before the show, there were craft … more

5/3/18

RI playwright delves into Middle East controversy with play at Wilbury

The classic 1967 film “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” explored what was then the taboo subject of interracial dating and marriages. Now, 51 years later, a new play by Rhode … more

LARRY KESSLER | 4/19/18

Passover at the Kosher Senior Café

On March 23, about 100 people, including seniors, participated in the annual model seder at Jewish Family Service’s Kosher Senior Café at Temple Sinai in Cranston. more

4/4/18

Lyme disease warrior Pamela Weintraub to speak at The Miriam

The Miriam Hospital Women’s Association is delighted that Pamela Weintraub, author of “Cure Unknown, Inside the Lyme Epidemic,” will be the guest speaker at the group’s … more

BARBARA HOROVITZ BROWN | 4/4/18

Scholar to speak at Temple Emanu-El about emergent African Judaism

When William Miles, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, first read that there were Nigerians practicing Judaism, he was suspicious. “I’ve been … more

Shai Afsai | 3/1/18

Wintertime fun [Photo gallery]

Day at the J Feb. 25 drew a crowd to the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center in Providence. Among the many activities were a PJ Library activity (bottom) in the upper lobby with a … more

3/1/18

For Rabbi Yossi Laufer, it’s all about L’Chaim

Rabbi Yossi Laufer grew up in the East Side of Providence, the son of Rabbi Yehoshua Laufer, who still serves at Chabad of Providence/Chabad of Rhode Island, on Hope Street. Laufer … more

SAM SERBY | 2/15/18

R.I. Rep. Ackerman speaks at StandWithUs’ international conference

Over 500 students and community members learned, shared and strategized with experts on the best ways to tell Israel’s story and combat anti-Semitism, during StandWithUs’ … more

BRACHA STUART | 2/15/18

Fall River rabbi’s new book explores differences between religion, spirituality

In his new book, “The Sacred Now: Cultivating Jewish Spiritual Consciousness” (Wipf & Stock, $18), Rabbi Mark Elber lays out a compelling case for engaging seriously with Jewish … more

JUDY KAYE | 2/15/18

Campers dressed as counselors during J-Camp 2017.

Improved CIT program coming to J-Camp this summer

It’s hard to believe that in just under five months, J-Camp will begin at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center, in Providence. Every year, once camp is over, I get asked when we … more

SETH FINKLE | 2/3/18