The 14 women from Providence who went on the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project Momentum trip to Israel July 11-19 take a moment for a photo in front of the Aish building in Jerusalem. They …
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9/16/16
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CRANSTON – Speaking at Shabbat services at Temple Sinai, Christine Tate worried aloud: “I hardly make it through the month and now they want us to start paying for the bus. I’m not …
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EMILY JONES
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9/16/16
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The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has compiled the top scams affecting Eastern Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont in August. BBB’s Scam Tracker reported an abundance of tax/debt …
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THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU
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9/16/16
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Dr. Maud Mandel, dean of the college and professor of history and Judaic studies at Brown University, will speak on “Understanding the Muslim-Jewish Conflict in France: A Historical …
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9/16/16
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This year’s National Assisted Living Week runs from Sept. 11-17, and the theme is “Keep Connected.” It’s a fitting choice, as helping seniors forge new …
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ANGELA HEBERT
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9/16/16
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RICHARDSON, Texas (JTA) – Urbandictionary.com is an open-source site where the average citizen contributes definitions to new and old words and slang. As the High Holy Days approach, I’ve …
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ELANA ZELONY
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9/16/16
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We use it in our cooking, as a sweetener and we can find it in our beauty supplies. We even use it as a nickname. Honey even has been used for treating diseases and other medical …
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STEPHANIE ROSS
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9/16/16
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JTA – Get ready: 5777 is arriving soon. And a new Jewish year means a fresh crop of top-notch Jewish books for kids.
This year, not one but two new Rosh Hashanah books are …
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PENNY SCHWARTZ
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9/16/16
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The Jewish Alliance board of directors began the year with aunique meeting hosted by new board chair Mitzi Berkelhammer on Sept. 8. By the end of the evening, the group had raised $181,000 to …
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JEWISH ALLIANCE STAFF
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9/16/16
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(Kveller via JTA) – The average age of childbearing in the United States is 26. For Jews, it’s a few years higher. Some of us Jewish moms, however, had our children significantly later …
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YVETTE ALT MILLER
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9/16/16
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