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For those of you who were at last year's Alliance annual meeting, I'm guessing you didn't see this year coming. To put it mildly, it's been a tough year for the Jews. The truth is, most of my conversations since Oct. 7 - outside of the ones I've had with my family - and even many of those - have been about Israel. And if the conversation is not about Israel directly, it's about our nation's response to…Israel. With my current congregants, my former congregants, my fellow rabbis, my non-Jewish colleagues or anyone else in the world I've met since Oct. 7, there's only one subject to discuss. more

Rabbi Howard Voss-Altman | 7/5/24

Paying our respects

Whenever and wherever Betsey and I travel, we try to include some Jewish sites. I’m especially interested in synagogue architecture, but we also seek to discover Jewish neighborhoods, … more

7/5/24

Muso cofounders Ari Johnson and Jessica Beckerman teamed up with retired Malian nurse Nana Niaré, center, in 2008 to begin offering free early-stage and preventative healthcare to Malians in places of extreme poverty.

For this Jewish couple, saving children’s lives has become a life commitment

When Ari Johnson and Jessica Beckerman moved to Mali in 2007 – he as a Harvard medical student taking a year off from his studies, she as a Fulbright scholar studying health care — 15% of … more

LARRY LUXNER | 7/5/24

13th annual meeting of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island June 10, 2024.

Alliance marks 13 years at annual meeting

PROVIDENCE – On June 10, 2024, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island held its 13th annual meeting in the Baxt Social Hall at the Dwares Jewish Community Center. … more

FRAN OSTENDORF | 6/18/24

Some of the Jewish Collaborative Services volunteers

JCS hosts inaugural Volunteer Appreciation Event

WARWICK – The atmosphere at Tamarisk Senior Living was electric as Jewish Collaborative Services hosted its first-ever JCS-wide Volunteer Appreciation Event recently. … more

6/17/24

Outgoing president Harold Foster with incoming president Linda Lotridge Levin.

RIJHA shines a spotlight on Hahn Memorial

PROVIDENCE – National Park Ranger Andrew Schnetzer gave an engaging talk about the Hahn Memorial, in the Roger Williams National Memorial, during the Rhode Island Jewish Historical … more

JAIME WALDEN | 6/7/24

Jewish R.I. theater critic to be featured author/speaker at ‘Behind the Book’ event

PROVIDENCE – On July 16, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s “Behind the Book” series will feature Bob Abelman, author of “All the World’s a Stage … more

Jewish Rhode Island Staff | 6/7/24

Hadassah’s ‘Books on the Beach’ to be held Aug. 7

Hadassah Rhode Island’s signature event is returning to the shores of the Ocean State this summer. “Books on the Beach,” a luncheon and author fundraising event, will be held … more

SUE MAYES | 6/7/24

Israel connection

Many in Rhode Island will remember Maor Mintz, camp shaliach in 2013 and 2014. He and his family live near the Gaza border on Kibbutz Holit. Nitza Attali shared these photos with Jewish Rhode Island … more

6/7/24

A joyful evening of song

Zimriyah – Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island’s annual all-school song festival – was a magical evening on May 23. JCDSRI students blew the audience away with their … more

6/7/24