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Size matters: How a ‘largest menorah’ tiff landed two rabbis in Jewish court

BY NEW YORK (JTA) – Each year in Brooklyn, Chabad Rabbi Shimon Hecht ascends 33 1/2 feet to light the tallest menorah in the world. But he’s not allowed to call it … more

BEN SALES | 12/23/16

‘If they were here: What would Holocaust victims think’?

The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center’s Art and Writing Contest is one of its longest running and most creatively inspiring programs. As Executive Director May-Ronny Zeidman said, … more

LEV POPLOW | 3/16/17

Founder proud of the project’s outcome

Charlotte Sheer, founder of the Holocaust Stamp project, was asked for her thoughts as the project nears completion. Here’s what she had to say: “I am … more

FRAN OSTENDORF | 10/16/17

Rabbi Wayne Franklin and Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser

Advocating for refugee families [Photo gallery]

Members of the Rhode Island interfaith community gathered June 22 near the Rhode Island Holocaust Memorial in Providence to call on the government to keep families together and remind others of our … more

6/22/18

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

Reese Sock dances during his Bar Mitzvah trip to Israel.

One family’s Bar Mitzvah adventure

My wife, Sharon, and I had our B’nai Mitzvah a couple of years apart in the mid-1980s at Temple Am David in Warwick. We think back to our special days with warm memories. Like most … more

GARRETT SOCK | 10/12/18

J-Campers enjoy a game of Twister in 2018.

Lifelong lessons from summer camp

Summer camps are fairly sophisticated these days, with a wide array of choices to meet just about everyone’s tastes and needs. That’s good news for today’s families, and especially … more

LARRY KESSLER | 1/31/19

My Old Friend, the Late I. M. Pei

On two occasions I was privileged to chat with I.M. Pei, the dean of American architects who died May 16 at the age of 102. The first, on March 12, 1988, occurred on the threshold of a … more

GEORGE M. GOODWIN | 6/11/19

Dor L’Dor Society members get virtual tour of Jewish Museum exhibit

The annual Dor L’Dor Society event was held on March 3 and featured a virtual tour of the exhibition “Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art,” by The Jewish Museum, … more

4/1/22

Jewish overnight camps create a long-lasting sense of community and belonging

According to a 2014 survey from the Pew Forum, 70.6 percent of the American population identifies as some type of Christian or Catholic. Of the remaining 29.4 percent, 1.9 percent identify as Jewish. That means that for every 100 random people in a … more

ARIEL BROTHMAN | 2/19/16