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Editor to leave The Jewish Voice, effective Sept. 13

PROVIDENCE – Effective Sept. 13, Nancy Kirsch, executive editor of The Jewish Voice, will leave the paper. After Kirsch announced her resignation earlier this summer, Jeffrey Savit, president and chief executive officer of the Jewish Alliance of … more

8/30/13

Fall River synagogue welcomes husband-and-wife clergy team

FALL RIVER, Mass. – Temple Beth El of Fall River, an independent Conservative congregation, has a new husband-and-wife leadership team. more

8/30/13

Israeli typographer Oded Ezer will teach at RISD

NEW YORK – Oded Ezer, 41, a critically acclaimed Israeli graphic artist and typographer, will bring his talents to the Rhode Island School of Design for a residency this upcoming fall semester, according to a press release from the Israel … more

8/30/13

One woman’s genealogical journey

BOSTON – Genealogy is like reading a detective story about your own family. My first revelation occurred more than a decade ago when I searched census records for my father’s family. My father liked to say that Youngwood was originally … more

Susan Youngwood | 8/30/13

National Jewish Retreat includes lectures, workshops and kosher food

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Yiddishkeit (Jewish feelings, attitudes) was front and center for participants at the eighth annual National Jewish Retreat in Alexandria, earlier this month. more

Patricia Raskin | 8/30/13

A scout with a message

PROVIDENCE – Benjamin Amundson is a young man with a message – a message board, that is. more

Arthur C. Norman | 8/30/13

Temple Am David partners with PJ Library

WARWICK – Temple Am David is partnering with the PJ Library to bring your family even more programming through our Shalom Friends program. PJ Library is a program of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island in partnership with the Harold … more

8/30/13

For the New Year, children’s books open new worlds

BOSTON (JTA) – Shofars, apples and honey, make room for pomegranates, couscous and pumpkins. The new crop of children’s books for the High Holidays opens a world beyond the beloved traditional symbols of the New Year. This year, Rosh … more

Penny Schwartz | 8/16/13

What children can teach us at Rosh Hashanah

NEW YORK (JTA) – A deep spiritual life is hard to find. While opportunities abound for spiritual connections (meditation, retreats and the like), it doesn’t come easy for most of us. The noise, the unfinished to-do lists and the distractions of … more

Dasee Berkowitz | 8/16/13

Reinterpreting the Binding of Isaac

Nineteen verses tell the story of the Binding of Isaac – read in synagogue each Rosh Hashanah – but there are hundreds, if not thousands, of commentaries on it. more

Rabbi Jack Riemer/JNS.org | 8/16/13