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Israeli Culture Series to present ‘Dreaming Israel through Three Generations’

May’s Israeli Culture Series program will feature Sigal Kanotopsky, a member of the Center for Ethiopian Jewry Heritage, discussing the challenges faced by Ethiopian Jews and the … more

LARRY KATZ | 4/19/22

Evenings of Jewish Renaissance Schedule

Sunday, Nov. 14 6:15 p.m., comedian Pamela Rae Schuller, “What Makes Me Tic: Comedy, Disability and the Inclusive Community.” 7:30 p.m., model, actress and producer Noa Tishby, “Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth.” … more

10/20/21

Evenings of Jewish Renaissance return

An award-winning chef and an Israeli model/actress, an Israeli settler rabbi and a Palestinian refugee, a Bible scholar and a comedian, a magazine editor and a European activist are all among the presenters at this year’s Evenings of Jewish Renaissance. The program has been reimagined for the times in which we are living and will take place mostly over Zoom, Sunday through Tuesday, Nov. 14 to 16. more

LARRY KATZ | 10/10/21

The power of Holocaust education

Those who doubt how much Holocaust awareness will be raised by the mandate to teach about the Holocaust and genocide in Rhode Island’s middle and secondary schools should familiarize themselves … more

Larry Kessler | 8/6/21

“Eleven million reasons to never forget.” This collage, made by students at the Foxboro Regional Charter School as part of the Holocaust Stamps Project, was completed on Jan. 27, 2012, which is observed annually as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The collage contains 850 stamps, and the artwork symbolizes the 11 million victims of the Holocaust.

Holocaust Education Update

8/6/21

Educators: Holocaust education helps ensure we never forget

Holocaust education can play a major role in making both students and adults more aware of the genocide, say two educators with experience in the field. Paula Olivieri, the education coordinator … more

LARRY KESSLER | 8/6/21

Holocaust education strengthened in R.I., in the pipeline in Mass.

Efforts by Rhode Island and Massachusetts to make Holocaust education mandatory in their schools read like a tale of two states: The Ocean State has done so, while Massachusetts’ latest attempt … more

LARRY KESSLER | 8/6/21

Historic preservation subject of Touro Synagogue Foundation program

On May 13 at 7 p.m., Thompson M. Mayes of the National Trust for Historic Preservation will discuss his book, “Why Old Places Matter: How Historic Places Affect Our Identity and … more

4/21/21

This year’s children's books feature a Haggadah and a lot of matzah

BOSTON (JTA) – On the eve of Passover during the Depression, a juggler in ragged clothes is invited into the home of a poor family with a bare seder table. It's a poignant scene in “The … more

PENNY SCHWARTZ | 3/17/21

Sweet Sounds

James Pious, chair of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, sounded the shofar for the children of the David C. Isenberg Early Childhood Center in Providence. Even the shofar was properly … more

10/2/20