As the school year begins at Temple Am David, Susan Sugerman returns as Hebrew and Tefillah teacher and assistant director. Also returning is Andrea Smith, teacher of the Eunice Zeidman (E-Z) Program. New to the staff will be Rebecca Dinerman, who …
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8/28/14
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YONKERS, N.Y. (JTA) – If you’re going to Brent Delman’s home in this New York City suburb on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, don’t expect to see the typical meat menu.
Delman and his physician wife, Patricia, plan to host a dairy lunch …
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Hillel Kuttler
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8/28/14
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Dear Wendy,
We are empty nesters who do not belong to a synagogue. What are our options for getting tickets for the holidays?
Leslie, Warwick
Hi Leslie,
Just about all of the synagogues in the greater Rhode Island area participate in …
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8/28/14
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Newport, R.I. – The Touro Synagogue Foundation, a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to maintaining and preserving Touro Synagogue, the colonial Jewish cemetery, Patriots Park and promoting and teaching religious diversity, …
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8/28/14
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The Kosher Senior Café came alive with 12 fantastic, very enthusiastic Israeli singers as the Tzofim Friendship Caravan from Israel entertained at the Temple Am David meal site Aug. 11. The whole hour that they performed, they had so much energy …
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Cindy Lazar
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8/28/14
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Anyone who knows Mitzi Berkelhammer knows she is a loving wife and proud mother of three, an adoring grandmother of two and a true gem of a lady, sincere and committed to the Jewish community with her whole heart. She now adds her latest role as the …
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JENNIFER ZWIRN
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8/28/14
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JNS.ORG – “He was part hippie, part yippie, part beatnik and part New Age,” wrote Elli Wohlgelernter in a Jerusalem Post eulogy in 1994, following the Oct. 20 passing of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
Twenty years later, more robust accounts of …
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MAAYAN JAFFE
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8/28/14
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Rather, Politico Playbook brings us the news that Gregory is writing a book about “his Jewish faith.”
That Jewish faith is an important part of his Beltway persona – Gregory studies Torah with David Brooks, Jeffrey Goldberg and Martin …
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ANTHONY WEISS
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8/28/14
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Rhode Islanders have a cadre of candidates to choose from in this year’s primary election, Tuesday, Sept 9. The list includes a who’s who in politics, from secretary of state to governor and mayor of Providence. It also includes a host of …
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MARTY COOPER
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8/28/14
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