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Due date rapidly approaching for 2017 federal income tax returns

As the deadline for filing your 2017 income taxes looms, you’ll want to start pulling things together – if you haven’t done so already. This includes getting your hands on a copy of … more

Guest columnists | 4/8/18

Making steps toward the democratic principle of one person, one vote

Last month I had the opportunity to travel to Philadelphia and experience my first Democratic National Convention – and what an experience it was. As a member of the DNC Rules … more

Guest columnists | 8/19/16

Outgoing Alliance chair reflects on three years

This speech was presented June 15 to the annual meeting of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island. The remarks have been slightly edited for publication. As I come to the end of this … more

Guest columnists | 6/24/16

Of frogs, scorpions and parking meters

The Mayor Elorza parking meter economic plague currently destroying Thayer Street local businesses reminds me of an updated version of the old fable about the scorpion that asked a frog for … more

Guest columnists | 6/24/16

After Orlando, LGBTQ Jews seek more than ‘solidarity’

BOSTON (JTA) – In the wake of the Orlando shooting, statements of solidarity with the LGBTQ community quickly tumbled forth. Some expressions of support came from unlikely sources such as the … more

Guest columnists | 6/24/16

Shul versus shul: No cause for celebration

Unlike many members of Newport’s Jeshuat Israel, known far and wide as “Touro Synagogue,” I cannot delight in Judge John J. McConnell’s recent unequivocal decision in support … more

Guest columnists | 6/9/16

Solidarity with our neighbors is essential to Rhode Island’s Jewish community

It isn’t easy to make something good out of something horrible, but something positive has occurred in the aftermath of the sickening anti-Semitic graffiti incidents in … more

Guest columnists | 6/9/16

‘Nakba’ event is an affront to Hillel and the local Jewish community

The “Nakba” event held at Brown RISD Hillel on May 11 is alarming and sets a dangerous precedent. The event titled “Jews Facing the Nakba” – held on Yom ha-Zikaron and … more

Guest columnists | 5/27/16

Is it really OK for kids to be kids?

On May 10, Yom ha-Zikaron was honored at the Dwares Jewish Community Center in Providence. Yom ha-Zikaron, as its name in Hebrew implies, remembers the thousands of Israeli soldiers, Jews and … more

Guest columnists | 5/27/16

Rhode Island lawmakers can say never again

On Oct. 15, 2015, anti-Semitic and racist leaflets were distributed on Providence’s East Side. Just months ago a Brown student discovered anti-Semitic messages on the walls directly … more

Guest columnists | 5/27/16