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 …
Dare to pursue your dreams
If you’ve seen an advertisement for travel to Israel, or if you have checked out the website of Israel’s Ministry of Tourism, you may have seen a curious logo. Here it is: This is the …
Look to the Torah to guide us out of the wilderness
The Torah guides us toward helping the homeless
Ecclesiastes fits the spirit of our time
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June is the month of graduations, weddings, gardens and great hopes for warmer times. This year, it also seems to be the month of climbing to the other side of COVID-19 as our life opens up …
Our pets need to adjust to post-pandemic life too
Thoughts that bloom in April
Ode to Zoom
Congratulations on adapting
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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