Nov. 28, 2016 – The Bornstein Holocaust Education Center joins with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in being profoundly disturbed by the hateful rhetoric that occurred at a …
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12/9/16
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Risking your life, forfeiting your safety, and putting yourself through hell for a higher mission. These are all sacrifices we attribute to soldiers, and they are sacrifices that Yakir Englander …
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MICAH ROSEN
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12/9/16
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SMITHFIED, R.I. – Bryant University officials on Nov. 9 announced plans to expand Jewish educational and cultural opportunities for its current student body and prospective Jewish students.
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SAM SERBY
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12/9/16
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Q: Favorite Jewish food?
A: Matzah for Pesach.
Q: Favorite Jewish holiday?
A: Pesach. Why? It is just so much work, which makes you appreciate it.
Q: Favorite Jewish song?
A: …
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12/9/16
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With this issue, The Jewish Voice is inaugurating a column designed to give insight into our community leaders. Rabbi Steven Jablow is the first Jewish leader featured in our “Q&A …
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Sam Serby
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12/9/16
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The U.S. Postal Service has issued a new Hanukkah stamp for 2016. It depicts a hanukkiah (a menorah for Hanukkah) in a window through which one can see snow-covered branches.
In …
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LARRY KATZ
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12/9/16
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(MyJewishLearning via JTA) – Hanukkah, which starts at sundown on Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve – is among the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays in the United States. But that …
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Julie Wiener
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12/9/16
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After reading the stories about the Alliance mission to Cuba and M. Charles Bakst’s trip to Cuba, in the Oct. 14 edition of The Jewish Voice, we wanted to provide our story about our recent …
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MARK KANTER with LYNNE GLICKMAN
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11/25/16
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Question: What is the meaning of the term “nichum avelim” that I’ve heard at some funerals?
E.F., Providence
Dear E.F.,
Nichum is a Hebrew term meaning …
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By Michael D. Smith F.D./R.E.,
Shalom Memorial Chapel
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11/25/16
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Dr. Michelle Forcier of Hasbro Children’s Hospital was the featured speaker at the recent Transgender Workshop for faith leaders. Sponsored by the Rhode Island State Council of Churches, it was …
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11/25/16
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