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‘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

Around the seder table in Newport

On Friday [April 22], I attended a community seder at Touro Synagogue’s Levi Gale house opposite Touro Synagogue. I will always think of it as the Jewish Community Center. About 60 attended. … more

Guest columnists | 4/28/16

‘Embrace of the Jewish community’ helps during parent’s death

The phrase “the embrace of the Jewish community” has always sounded warm and fuzzy to me, and also a bit abstract. But when you personally feel that embrace, as I have recently, it can be … more

Guest columnists | 4/15/16

AIPAC, Trump and the perils of bipartisanship

JTA – I am trying to imagine a conversation between Donald Trump’s people and a delegation of Reform rabbis and lay leaders. Rabbi Jonah Pesner, the Reform movement’s man in … more

Guest columnists | 4/13/16

2016 AIPAC an experience

The AIPAC 2016 Policy Conference was my first. I was not sure what to expect other than knowing that the list of speakers read like a Who’s Who of the Washington, D.C., establishment, … more

Guest columnists | 4/13/16

Memorial Day more important than ever

In a recent article in the Atlantic Monthly titled “The Tragedy of the American Military,” author James Fallows discusses, among other topics, the “reverent but disengaged attitude [of the American public] toward the military.” Fallows … more

Guest columnists | 5/22/15

Will Vatican’s Palestine reference impact Jewish-Catholic ties?

WASHINGTON (JTA) – When considering the Vatican’s creep toward recognition of Palestinian statehood, think “Israel-Vatican” and not “Jewish-Catholic,” say Jewish officials involved in dialogue with the church. A May 13 … more

Guest columnists | 5/22/15

“Religious Freedom” may bode poorly for Jews

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a … more

Guest columnists | 4/23/15