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In navigating Kotel conflict, be mindful of ancient etrog riot

JERUSALEM (JTA) – The scene is familiar to us all. Women of the Wall come to the Kotel to worship in the shadow of the Temple Mount. Haredi Orthodox worshippers respond by disrupting their prayers, sometimes pelting them with eggs and other … more

Moshe Simon-Shoshan | 9/30/13

Iran nuclear program diplomacy: Dishonor, war, or both?

From the brink of war, the Middle East has moved at dizzying speed to the cusp of peace. Or so we have been led to believe. The issues at hand are Iran and Syria – and incidentally, there is good reason to feel some relief from that fact, … more

Ben Cohen | 9/30/13

Happy, sad, mad, glad

We asked readers to share memories of their own bar or bat mitzvah or one they attended. We received many responses — many fun or funny, some sad or poignant — and we thank our readers for their submissions. The antique photo shown on … more

Arthur C. Norman | 9/30/13

A wonderful bar or bat mitzvah gift suggestion

PROVIDENCE – September is Hunger Action Month and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank has released a free twenty-page booklet full of ideas on ways children can participate in the initiative to feed the hungry. “One Kid Can! Helping the Hungry: … more

Irina Missiuro | 9/30/13

Bar Mitzvah Presence

PROVIDENCE – At my bar mitzvah in 1946 – the first postwar year at Temple Emanu-El – the front row guest, in splendid finery and feathers, looking at me beside the pulpit, was my sort-of grandmother. more

Michael Fink | 9/30/13

Reform synagogues rethink the bar mitzvah

Sixth graders at Temple Sinai in Cranston went on a retreat this summer, pondering questions like “What does it mean to be bar or bat mitzvahed?” and “What does it mean to be an adult in the Jewish community?” more

Susan Youngwood | 9/30/13

My Son the Waiter

PROVIDENCE – Join the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island for a night of Jewish Tragedy – and Comedy with, “My Son the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy.” Brad Zimmerman combines years of training as an actor and years on the standup comedy … more

Erin Moseley | 9/30/13

NextGen at Mike Greenberg

PROVIDENCE – A night with Mike Greenberg on Sept. 17th didn’t just start at 7:00 p.m. with Mike Greenberg’s presentation. At 5:45 p.m., at the McCormick and Schmick’s restaurant, in the Biltmore Hotel, a group of more than 50 Jewish … more

Erin Moseley | 9/30/13

Local builder builds reputation on service

Ken Dulgarian, President of Dulgarian Properties, the well-known Rhode Island real estate developer, is the owner of the Avon Cinema on the East Side of Providence and many premier properties. In fact, his latest venture, on Pitman Street on the … more

Arthur C. Norman | 9/30/13

Rhode Island’s first Reform synagogue and the Masonic fraternity

In 1877, a number of Jewish Freemasons living in Providence decided to join together to form a new Masonic lodge, Redwood Lodge Number 35. According to Redwood Lodge’s tradition, the group’s leader, Myer Noot, envisioned a lodge that would be … more

Shai Afsai | 9/30/13