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Imagine it’s 1905. You, Tevye, live in a poor Russian shtetl called Anatevka. It’s Shabbat, but all you can think about is survival – after all, you have five daughters to support and your horse is lame. So you pull the cart yourself, … more

Irina Missiuro | 10/10/13

Max’ Lunch Bunch at Temple Am David

PROVIDENCE — The Temple Am David Louis and Goldie Chester Religious School has a strong curriculum, especially concerning teaching prayers, but building community, socializing and fostering a Jewish identity through tzedakah is very important. more

Arthur C. Norman | 10/10/13

Camp and Israel Fair

I have always considered Camp Ramah to be my home away from home. The friends, food, lake, activities – it all felt just right. Taking a break from the school and neighborhood kids, I loved hanging out with these faraway friends, those I didn’t … more

Elanah Chassen | 10/10/13

A J-Fitness invitation – Healthy Strides Challenge

PROVIDENCE – J-Fitness is participating in its first Healthy Strides Challenge contest against three other JCCs. This is an online challenge based on any activity in which participants join. Although the title refers to “strides,” the … more

Arthur C. Norman | 10/10/13

Happy, sad, mad, glad

We asked readers to share memories of their own bar or bat mitzvah or one they attended. We received many responses — many fun or funny, some sad or poignant — and we thank our readers for their submissions. The antique photo shown on … more

Arthur C. Norman | 9/30/13

A wonderful bar or bat mitzvah gift suggestion

PROVIDENCE – September is Hunger Action Month and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank has released a free twenty-page booklet full of ideas on ways children can participate in the initiative to feed the hungry. “One Kid Can! Helping the Hungry: … more

Irina Missiuro | 9/30/13

Bar Mitzvah Presence

PROVIDENCE – At my bar mitzvah in 1946 – the first postwar year at Temple Emanu-El – the front row guest, in splendid finery and feathers, looking at me beside the pulpit, was my sort-of grandmother. more

Michael Fink | 9/30/13

Reform synagogues rethink the bar mitzvah

Sixth graders at Temple Sinai in Cranston went on a retreat this summer, pondering questions like “What does it mean to be bar or bat mitzvahed?” and “What does it mean to be an adult in the Jewish community?” more

Susan Youngwood | 9/30/13

My Son the Waiter

PROVIDENCE – Join the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island for a night of Jewish Tragedy – and Comedy with, “My Son the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy.” Brad Zimmerman combines years of training as an actor and years on the standup comedy … more

Erin Moseley | 9/30/13

NextGen at Mike Greenberg

PROVIDENCE – A night with Mike Greenberg on Sept. 17th didn’t just start at 7:00 p.m. with Mike Greenberg’s presentation. At 5:45 p.m., at the McCormick and Schmick’s restaurant, in the Biltmore Hotel, a group of more than 50 Jewish … more

Erin Moseley | 9/30/13