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PROVIDENCE – On Sept. 27, the board of directors of Jewish Collaborative Services (JCS) unanimously named Erin Minior as the president and chief executive officer of JCS. JCS, the … more

10/12/18

Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser with Sam Nelson who is holding his wood carving.

Tamarisk resident donates his hand-carved work of art to Temple Sinai

Sam Nelson is a man of many talents, and at age 99, his creative spirit remains strong. Once owner of the Nelson Rack Company, in Providence, a manufacturer for the jewelry plating industry, Nelson … more

DEBORAH GUTHRIE | 10/12/18

The Jewish Women’s Circle of Northern Rhode Island, a division of Chabad, sponsored a Challah bake and mosaic experience on Sept. 5 in Lincoln. Participants created mosaic honey dishes and made sweet round challahs in preparation for Rosh Hashanah. The event was dedicated to the memory of Laila Allen. Participants reported an evening of learning, inspiration and fun.

The Jewish Women’s Circle challah bake and mosaic experience

9/20/18

Some of the books in the SBHEC collection.

Teaching our children for a better future

How do we tell our children about the worst crime of the 20th century – the Holocaust? What is the right age to tell them how the Nazis systematically murdered two-thirds of European Jewry, … more

LEV POPLOW | 9/20/18

These Camp Kesem at Brown University counselors are excited to welcome our families to the 2018 camp session!

Partners Camp JORI and Camp Kesem offer summer fun to RI kids impacted by cancer

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Camp JORI concluded another successful summer on Aug. 12. But JORI’s camping season did not end there. Camp JORI joined forces with Brown University and Camp … more

9/7/18

On Aug. 3, a group of Sinai Scholars attending the National Jewish Retreat in Providence visited the Congregation Sons of Jacob on Douglas Avenue in Providence.

Sinai scholars visit Congregation Sons of Jacob

9/7/18

Book club member Jan Howard reads one of the books.

Community book club turns 10 while still going strong

For 10 years, the book club at Wingate Residences, on the East Side of Providence, has met monthly in the community’s library to discuss nonfiction, classics, modern-day memoirs and … more

KATHERINE WARTELL | 8/9/18

At the card table (left to right): Susan Kaplan, Sandra Bornstein, Bonnie Dwares, Patty Alperin and Phyllis Dressler.

Holocaust center fundraiser is a win-win

Wednesday, July 21, dawned as a beautiful summer morning, the kind of day when most Rhode Islanders would go to the beach if they could. Instead, approximately 125 women went to Ledgemont Country … more

LEV POPLOW | 8/9/18

Reuven Goldstein, one of the speakers at the retreat, with earliest examples of printed Hebrew.

National Jewish Retreat comes to Providence

PROVIDENCE – Some 1,200 Jews from all over the U.S. and other nations gathered at the Rhode Island Convention Center July 31-Aug. 5 for the National Jewish Retreat. The retreat is a … more

PATRICIA RASKIN | 8/9/18

Rachel Freier, center, is the protagonist of "93Queen."

All-female Orthodox ambulance corps gets film of their own

JTA – Like many heavily Orthodox sections of Brooklyn, Borough Park has been served for decades by an all-male volunteer ambulance corps called Hatzalah. The corps caters to a religious Jewish … more

CURT SCHLEIER | 7/11/18