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Kosher Food Pantry annual collection goes virtual this year

The folks at the Louis and Goldie Chester Full Plate Kosher Food Pantry are asking the community to start the new year with a mitzvah: help provide food to the hungry. This is the second annual High Holiday Kosher Food Drive organized by Jewish Collaborative Services and the Full Plate Kosher Food Pantry. more

9/16/20

Nancy Katz bringing her community-infused artwork to the JCC – and you can help

For artist Nancy Katz, community is essential. It is at the heart of all her work, which began in the 1980s, when she volunteered with the NAMES Project AIDS Quilt. “Being involved in that … more

MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE | 7/3/20

Congregation Beth Sholom (Camp Street and Rochambeau) has sold their building.

Beth Sholom finds a home at JCC

In June, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island and Congregation Beth Sholom announced a partnership in which Congregation Beth Sholom’s classes and services would be moving to the … more

7/3/20

Rabbi brought Benjamin Franklin’s virtues and Jewish ethical practice to Calif. inmates

I met Rabbi Eliahu Klein and his wife, Cynthia Scheinberg, at Shabbat meals about a year and half ago, soon after they moved from Berkeley, California, to Providence, following Scheinberg’s … more

SHAI AFSAI | 7/3/20

Fire closes Davis Dairy for now

On the night of May 19, a fire of unknown origin in the building housing Davis Dairy Products caused significant damage to the business, forcing its closure for the foreseeable future. The store, … more

6/5/20

Israeli emissary to R.I. named an iFellow

Or Cohen, the Jewish Agency’s shlichah (emissary) to the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island for the past year, has been selected to join the iFellows, a program for Israeli educators in … more

LARRY KATZ | 6/5/20

In the garden at Tamarisk: Looking forward to a plentiful harvest

The Tamarisk Farm to Table Garden has been planted! Residents of the assisted living community in Warwick are looking forward to fresh, healthful vegetables and fruits all summer. more

6/5/20

Barrington artist’s work is getting noticed

Barrington resident Rachel Rasnick “just picked up a brush and started painting” four years ago at Looking Upwards, a day program for adults with developmental disabilities. Rasnick, … more

MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE | 4/6/20

High school student gives Purim spiel a feminist spin

Elana, a senior at Barrington High School, wrote and directed the Moana Purim Spiel for Temple Habonim, in Barrington. Here, she shares details of that experience. Writing and … more

ELANA SHEINKOPF | 4/6/20

The sweetness of tradition

Passover has always been my favorite holiday, and an important one for my family. In these uncertain times, and with the reality of seders-in-isolation, I’ve been reminiscing a lot about … more

MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE | 4/5/20