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How's your challah?
On Feb. 11, more than 100 women gathered on Zoom for the Great Rhode Island Virtual Challah Bake. The annual challah-baking event often fills a room with singing, dancing and noise. Click here to see a photo gallery of some of this year's creations.
We are Read in Israel
Dianne and Martin Newman at Aldo's ice cream on Emek Refaim in Jerusalem with former Rhode Islander Rabbi Jaime Leiter and his children.
At the Jewish Community Center
On May 9, members of the Rhode Island Jewish community celebrated Israeli's 71st birthday with music, food and dancing in the field behind the Dwares Jewish Community Center in Providence. The chilly, windy weather didn't dampen the spirits of the crowd that included all ages. Click to see more photos.
At Brown RISD Hillel
On May 9, Brown RISD Hillel students, staff and guests enjoyed a full day of themed activities in celebration of Israel's independence. Rabbi Alex Weissman led an exploration of Israeli poetry. The day finished with multiple rounds of “Extreme Gaga,” also known as Israeli Dodgeball. Click to see more photos.
Standing together against hate
About 400 people attended a vigil Tuesday evening, March 26, at the Hebrew Cemetery in Fall River. They came together to speak out against the recent hate-filled vandalism at the cemetery where a number of headstones were defaced.
Sailing the Grenadines
South county residents Lesley and Gary Engelson and Marc and Miriam Ladin sailed Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. They also celebrated Hanukkah and Shabbat at the Chabad in Grenada, where …
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