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Due date just around the corner for 2016 federal income tax

Tax filing season is here again. If you haven’t done so already, you’ll want to start pulling things together, including a copy of last year’s tax return, W-2s, 1099s and deduction … more

4/7/17

Kitty belongs to Ann Tetreault of Cranston.

Pets on Parade [Photo gallery]

5/25/17

Lyme disease warrior Pamela Weintraub to speak at The Miriam

The Miriam Hospital Women’s Association is delighted that Pamela Weintraub, author of “Cure Unknown, Inside the Lyme Epidemic,” will be the guest speaker at the group’s … more

BARBARA HOROVITZ BROWN | 4/4/18

Workshop helps enhance prayer experience

You are reciting words written by someone else and seeking to infuse them with meaning, to speak them with conviction. Where are you? On a theater stage or in the sanctuary of a … more

ALAN KRINSKY | 9/7/18

Tribute dinner for Rabbi Franklin planned for June 2

As Rabbi Wayne Franklin prepares to retire as the longest-serving rabbi in the history of Temple Emanu-El, a community-wide tribute dinner is planned at the temple on June 2. Rabbi Franklin … more

NOEL RUBINTON | 5/2/19

Buenos Aires to host 2023 Pan American Maccabi games

BUENOS AIRES (JTA) – Argentina will host the 15th Pan American Maccabi games in its capital city Buenos Aires. Every four years, the Maccabi World Union organizes the Pan … more

JTA STAFF | 7/5/19

The Alexander family's 110-year-old mural has been exposed on Bochumer Str. 165 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

When this German city tore down a building, it revealed a 110-year-old mural for a Jewish business

BERLIN ( JTA ) — In May, a demolition crew tore down a building in the western German city of Gelsenkirchen. As the walls fell, a 110-year-old advertising mural on the adjacent brick wall was … more

Toby Axelrod | 6/30/20

Despite pandemic, Alliance achieved many goals this past year

The 10th annual meeting of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, on June 17, was once again a virtual event. Just as they did last year, members of the Rhode Island Jewish community came … more

FRAN OSTENDORF | 7/2/21

Alliance Plant Sale May 7 features plants, education and e-waste recycling

Who doesn’t enjoy playing in the dirt? Everyone, both young and old, can have fun gardening while helping the ecosystem by planting native and chemical-free plants.

At the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island plant sale on May 7 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., local farmers and growers will be selling plants native to our area as well as chemical-free plants.

LYNNE BELL | 4/19/23

Some members of HaZamir at a concert last season.

HaZamir seeks teens to join its international choir

HaZamir Providence , an international, pluralistic Jewish choir, is starting to recruit teens for its new season. HaZamir, which has some 36 chapters across the U.S. and Israel, aims to give … more

EITAN PESSIN | 9/3/23