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The Voice is highlighting just a few of the many Pesach activities in Rhode Island this year. At right, Kosher Senior Café guests join in making chocolate matzah at the Alliance’s … more

4/4/18

Modern-day lessons from Purim

We’ll be celebrating Purim later this month, on March 21, making this a good time to discuss two of the holiday’s themes: the masks that people wear and the power of … more

Larry Kessler | 2/28/19

Octavius recently celebrated his fourth birthday in style. He belongs to Sally Ostendorf who now lives in Boston. He was “rescued” from Tricia Stearly, former advertising director of Jewish Rhode Island.

Jewish Rhode Island’s Pet Parade

5/2/19

Emanu-El planning events across R.I. all summer

This summer, Temple Emanu-El is going out into the community with its Emanu-El on the Rhode series. A full calendar of events is planned all over Rhode Island, with something for everyone. … more

7/5/19

Iconic open-air markets in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv closed because of coronavirus

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Popular open-air markets in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv reportedly were closed by police after the Israeli government decided to tighten the country’s coronavirus lockdown. … more

Marcy Oster | 3/23/20

'The Postmistress of Paris' highlights Women's Alliance event

The Women's Alliance hosts its first post-COVID in-person event on Thursday, May 11, at 7 p.m. in the Social Hall at the Alliance's Dwares Jewish Community Center, in Providence.

Guest and New York Times best-selling author Meg Waite Clayton will discuss her 2021 novel, "The Postmistress of Paris," a story of love, courage and high-stakes danger about a young American heiress who helps artists hunted by the Nazis escape war-torn Europe.

4/19/23

David Neill from the U.S. Attorney's office addresses the crowd at the summit on March 16.

We need to see the humanity in all people

PROVIDENCE – About 80 people from diverse communities across Rhode Island attended a statewide summit on May 16 that focused on hate: what it looks like in our state, what’s contributing … more

FRAN OSTENDORF | 5/18/23

Attendees enjoy the Hope & Main program.

Women’s Alliance members enjoyed a tasty fall meeting

PROVIDENCE – About 45 members of The Women’s Alliance attended its fall celebration, on Nov. 9, at Hope & Main’s Downtown Makers Marketplace. The event featured Lisa … more

12/3/23

Sewing for foster children

On Sunday , March 17, congregants of Congregation Beth David in Narragansett were joined by several members of Temple Shalom in Middletown for the annual Tote Bag Project. Participants brought sewing … more

4/5/24

A moral dilemma I hope no American has to face

My first husband, Dr. Joseph Stanley Rabianski, was born in Chicago to Polish Catholic parents. We lived in Georgia, and I taught at Georgia State University, and what was then, in the … more

5/10/24