It’s our shared responsibility to fight hate
Our state’s motto is simply “Hope.” For many right now, feelings of hope may feel distant and difficult to achieve. But we must remember, we all have a responsibility to one …
A plan to create a stronger Jewish community
In December 2019 I sat in a Newport living room with more than 25 members of our community, and I listened. The group was diverse in age, diverse in denomination, and diverse in politics and …
Parsha Naso: Working toward a better life balance
In this week’s portion, Naso, which means “count,” God instructs Moses to continue the census of the Israelites in the desert, this time, focusing on the families belonging to the …
Taking care of each other: A communal responsibility
When will we be truly safe and free?
From sibling rivalry to sibling revelry
Keeping our culinary traditions alive
FOOD TRADITIONS play a huge role in our families. What we eat, when we eat and what we cook are a significant part of our earliest memories, and they follow us through our lives. Many of …
Celebrating an active and flourishing community
Freedom is more important than ever
Bring on the happiness
Winter ramblings
There’s more to Columbus than meets the eye
Did you know that a pigeon is a dove and that the word “columbus” means just that in Latin, the bird that makes a cooing, melancholy melody over all the continents and builds …
Ups and downs of the ‘new normal’
In the summer of 2019, well before our lives were upended by the seemingly never-ending “new normal,” I wrote a column about how my wife and I were about to become empty-nesters. At that …
From generation to generation
Seventy years ago, David Charak Adelman saw his idea for a new organization become a reality. For many years, Adelman had been collecting “Rhode Island Americana” – printed …
Spring cleaning reveals old memories
Spring of 1951 revisited
The beautiful tea cups nobody wants
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