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Or Cohen, Israeli shlichah (emissary) for the past two years, said goodbye to the Rhode Island community at an outdoor gathering Aug. 25. She will return to Israel.

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9/6/21

Sean Coleman, Rick Granoff, Howard Lazarus, Rick Silverstein

Temple Beth-El summer fundraiser helps scholarship fund

Temple Beth-El’s 11th Annual Golf/Tennis and Pickleball Tournament took place on Aug. 9 at Kirkbrae Country Club in Lincoln. Twenty-five foursomes enjoyed a day on the links, while eight tennis … more

9/6/21

RIJHA wants to hear about your pandemic life

As the keeper of Rhode Island’s Jewish history these past 70 years, the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association (RIJHA) wants to preserve the community’s thoughts and memories of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. more

The RIJHA Membership Committee | 9/6/21

Washington’s 1790 letter to the Jews of Newport commemorated in women-led program

NEWPORT – Audiences gathered both inside and outside the historic Touro Synagogue on Aug. 15 for the 74th annual commemoration of President George Washington’s letter and visit to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport in 1790. more

SAM SHAMOON | 9/6/21

Prize-winning journalist to speak at JCC about haters of Jews, Israel

PROVIDENCE – Anti-Zionism is the new anti-Semitism, says New York Times opinion writer Bret Stephens, who will speak on the subject on Oct. 19 at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community … more

FRAN OSTENDORF | 9/6/21

Alliance offering microgrants to foster community

Thanks to a generous gift from the Bernhardt Foundation, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island is kicking off the new year with its Community Microgrants Initiative. The Alliance will award … more

9/6/21

Observing Yom Kippur with a disordered eating past

(JTA) – Yom Kippur is arguably one of the most important days in the Jewish calendar. It is the Day of Atonement, a day for reflecting and repenting, where sins of the previous year are … more

SARAH SIMONE | 9/6/21

Sukkot’s message is essential during our climate crisis

(JTA) – Growing up in the temperamental weather of Denver, Colorado, it was not at all unusual to experience rain, high winds, heat waves or even snow on Sukkot, the Jewish harvest festival … more

ESTI SHAPIRO | 9/6/21

PROVIDENCE, RI--Friday, June 14, 2019--Congregation MishkonTfiloh on Summit Ave. Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson

Synagogues gear up for the High Holy Days

BY JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF Summer is winding down and we are gearing up for the High Holy Days. Our thoughts turn to the start of school and the bright promise of the Jewish New Year! Jewish … more

9/6/21

Prep schools, teaching and business

My wife, Betsey, grew up in Andover, Massachusetts. Her paternal grandmother, Rose Shack, was probably the first Jew to graduate from its high school, in 1920, when the town’s population was … more

GEORGE M. GOODWIN | 9/6/21