Every year, Jewish Family Service’s Moes Chitim (Money for Wheat) campaign helps people have a more meaningful holiday by distributing funds to be used to purchase food for Passover. The funds …
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4/13/16
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Rep. David N. Cicilline’s office is now accepting submissions for the 2016 Congressional Art Competition in Rhode Island’s First Congressional District.
“I’m proud to be …
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4/13/16
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March brought national attention to two Rhode Island college campuses for a spate of anti-Semitic incidents.
In the early morning hours on March 18, vandals scrawled graffiti described by Brown …
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BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF
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4/13/16
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PROVIDENCE – The evening of March 27 at the Renaissance Hotel was a double hitter: Naomi and Dr. Steve Schechter were the recipients of the Am Echad award and Judge Dan Butler gave an …
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BY DENISE RUBIN
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4/13/16
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RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – Three Israeli companies won an international competition to build a pilot smart city in Brazil to house 20,000 residents of low socioeconomic status.
The startups …
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4/13/16
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A continuing care retirement community, or CCRC, is a retirement facility that offers housing, meals, activities, and health care to its residents. These communities appeal to people who are …
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BY BARBARA KENERSON
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4/13/16
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ANATEVKA, Ukraine (JTA) – At the age of 53, Sergey and Elena Yarelchenko fled their native city of Lugansk with three suitcases and moved into a wooden room in a muddy refugee camp outside …
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BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
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4/13/16
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As 2015 came to a close, the Jewish Seniors Agency of Rhode Island bid farewell to Executive Director Paul Barrette.
Barrette arrived at the JSA in 2005 after an enviable career in …
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BY JSA STAFF
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4/13/16
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The Cranston Seniors Guild will meet Wednesday, April 6, at 1:00 pm, at Tamarisk Assisted Living, 3 Shalom Dr., Warwick.
There will be a short meeting. Following the meeting, Todd …
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4/13/16
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The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island does more than provide access to Jewish life for our community. Did you know that, among many other things, we help those in need in our own backyard? The …
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BY HILLARY SCHULMAN
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4/13/16
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