Meet the real-life rabbi in the synagogue scene of ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’
Watch the video: Pickleball league draws a crowd at JCC
PROVIDENCE – By 7 a.m., the members of the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center pickleball league are already brandishing their paddles. Every Wednesday morning, while most Rhode Islanders are debating whether to hit the snooze button, these players have worked up a sweat on the court, whacking balls over the net while calling out, “Nice volley!”
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Jewish Rhody Media's podcast explores multifaith relationships
Let’s fight hate together
We are living in highly-charged, tense times. I have watched as Americans, and even members of our local Jewish community, have become stratified. Left. Right. Far left. Far right. Pro this. Anti …
Community journalism is more important than ever
A shout-out to the precious right of freedom of speech
Teens learn to advocate for a better world
Yes, ‘Fran was at camp’ – with no regrets
2023 and me: Time to reconnect with family
April 18, 2020, the day of my granddaughter Clara’s Bat Mitzvah, dawned with a surprise blanket of heavy, wet, soon-to-melt snow covering southern New England. Rabbi Toba Spitzer took her …
Book review: ‘Thistlefoot’: A modern fantasy that explores the past
Baba Yaga lives in the woods. Baba Yaga has a house with chicken’s feet. Baba Yaga is a mother, a Jew, a crone and a witch, and she eats children, or she saves children – it really …
PHDS to honor pillars of community at annual program
WAEF celebrates 30 years of philanthropy
‘Killer’ pastrami, and more on its way to R.I.
Holocaust Stamps Project exhibit opens June 11 in its new home
R.I.’s Israeli emissary to discuss growing up gay and religious in Israel
Getting lost might be just what we need
In April , I had the pleasure of seeing the Arctic Playhouse’s production of “The 39 Steps” (my spouse, Annie, was in the cast), a comedy based on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 …
Hadassah memories
I read the wonderful article on Pawtucket Hadassah by Judy Silverman and Karen Beraha in the May issue of Jewish Rhode Island. As a past president of the Pawtucket chapter of Hadassah, along …
Summer food program feeds campers at no cost
PROVIDENCE – With summer right around the corner, it’s time to think about keeping children healthy while school is out. The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island provides free meals to …
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