There were many possible ways to celebrate Rabbi Sarah Mack’s 20 years of service at Providence’s Temple Beth-El, but no celebration would have been tastier than the World Series of …
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11/6/23
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Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer remembers the summer when a teenage boy drowned, 12 years before she became director of spiritual engagement at Congregation Beth Sholom, in Providence.
It was 2011 , …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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11/6/23
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PROVIDENCE – Demonstrators stretched a long banner across the Rhode Island Statehouse steps on the evening of Oct. 24, which said in giant block letters: STOP ANTISEMITISM. Many of the …
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JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF
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10/26/23
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PROVIDENCE – More than 100 people crowded into the social hall at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center Monday night to hear Gil Hoffman discuss anti-Israel bias in the media. …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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10/19/23
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PROVIDENCE – The Sisterhood of Temple Beth-El has transformed its annual Hanukkah sale into an Artisan Marketplace and Scholastic Book Fair, which members hope will attract shoppers from …
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KATE BRAMSON
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10/18/23
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PROVIDENCE – An overflow crowd of hundreds came together Monday evening at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center to offer prayers for victims of the attacks on Israel and prayers for peace.
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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10/10/23
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Three members of the Fall River Innovator Toastmasters, serving both Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts, were awarded the prestigious Pathways Award in September. This award is earned upon the …
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10/5/23
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On Oct. 4, The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center and the Cranston Public Library hosted a panel discussion that compared censorship under the Nazis to the rash of book challenges in …
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GIOVANNA WISEMAN
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10/5/23
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Hadassah Rhode Island is hosting two health events, on consecutive Sundays, to benefit the entire community: The Walk for Women’s Health, on Oct. 22, and the Hadassah Health Panel, on Oct. 29. …
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YARDENA KAPACH WINKLER
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10/5/23
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On Sept. 10, 200 people including current parents, past presidents, grandparents, alumni families, community supporters and faculty and staff gathered at the Casino at Roger Williams Park to …
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10/5/23
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