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On April 1, David Harris, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, spoke on “The State of Antisemitism today and AJC’s Global Jewish Advocacy.” He covered rising anti-Semitism, …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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4/9/21
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In response to community concerns about rising anti-Semitic incidents, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island has launched a web-based community anti-Semitism tracker.
If you experience or …
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STEPHANIE HAGUE
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4/9/21
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Arts Emanu-El and the Temple Emanu-El Providence Jewish Film Festival will present two documentaries about Italy during World War II, “Holy Silence” and “Syndrome K,” in …
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PAMELA HANZEL
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4/9/21
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In April 2020, the Rhode Island Jewish community, like the rest of the state, country and world, was just beginning to figure out what the COVID-19 pandemic looked like and meant close to home. We …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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4/9/21
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Nancy Cooperstein Charney, born, raised and schooled in Fall River, is an award-winning movie and theater director/producer.
Cooperstein Charney, 81, is married to actor Jordan Charney. The couple …
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MEL YOKEN
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4/9/21
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JTA – Following yet another Israeli election, voters are getting to know an unlikely kingmaker: Mansour Abbas, an Arab-Israeli lawmaker who might be the one to break Israel’s two-year …
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BEN SALES
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4/9/21
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JTA – Yale will launch beginner Yiddish classes in the fall that will allow students to fulfill their language requirements, according to the Yale Daily News.Yiddish studies now offered at the …
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4/9/21
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February, March and April usually give me multiple opportunities to remember my father, Ike. That’s because his yahrzeit (the 9th of Adar II or Adar I, depending on whether it’s a leap …
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LARRY KESSLER
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4/9/21
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“May you live in interesting times,” an apocryphal curse, certainly applies to the months since the election. Perhaps historians will find these months “interesting,” but …
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From the archives
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4/9/21
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When Cantor Jeff Cornblatt opens a side door into Congregation B’nai Israel’s expansive synagogue in Woonsocket, visitors quickly become aware that the building is a gorgeous, confident, …
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HANNAH ALTMAN
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4/9/21
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