For this Jewish couple, saving children’s lives has become a life commitment
Thank you, Rhode Island
Dear Rhode Island. I was very happy and touched to see my name in the Jewish Rhody this week [June 2024]. It warms my heart to know you still remember me, even 10 years after my last summer at …
Revised ‘Picking Up Stones' at FringePVD
Do we belong in the Middle East? The Israelis making the Levant relevant again
Also this week, a young woman loses her grandfather in Gaza – and sings about him. Also, the Tel Aviv Cinematheque explores blaxploitation, Shadi Mar'i wins big at the Jerusalem Film Festival, and …
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Trump quips: I have a secret weapon - Sara
Former US President jokes during meeting with Netanyahu that his “secret weapon” in maintaining a …
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'Beyond redemption': Anti-Israel UN rapporteur slammed for comparing Netanyahu to Hitler
Israel slams UN rights expert Francesca Albanese for endorsing social media post comparing Netanyahu to …
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Meeting Netanyahu in Florida, Trump says Harris' remarks on Israel were disrespectful
Israeli PM Netanyahu met the former U.S. president and Republican candidate at Mar-a-Lago and said that …
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Syrian human smuggler has refugee status claim rejected by German court
After being denied status, the man appealed to the Higher Administrative Court, who ruled that the …
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IAF strikes Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon
Over the past day, IDF soldiers identified a number of terrorists entering into a Hezbollah …
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A Celebration of Jewish Culture
How to save ourselves from creating Hell on Earth
We live in an era that represents an epic crossroad of human history on multiple fronts. Our material successes have created a large human footprint; combined with materialism, and aided by intractable problems of equity, responsibility and collective action, we are in the midst of a silent yet ongoing sixth extinction, with dramatic declines in biodiversity and catastrophic threats to the geological and biological processes that sustain life on earth.
Things change, but family is forever
I’ve spent a lot of time in my childhood home in the last few months. My folks still live independently, but they sometimes need a little help from their children, which has given me an …
Change is in the air
Pollen and pets and patrons
L’dor vador: Our traditions keep us close
Spring is in the air!
The editor’s life, in all its messiness
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Wrestling with God in troubled times
These are hard times for any of us who are struggling to develop or to continue our relationship with God. To echo the words of the Irish poet …
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Jewish American Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month , celebrated in May, is meant to highlight Jewish history and connections with America. Jewish history in the United States traces its origins to 1492 Spain, when …
Disputing the professor
Professor Nina Tannenwald consistently finds ways to criticize Israel. As soon as I see her name in the byline [March 2024], I know it will be a hit piece. Israel is in a dangerous neighborhood. The …
Disapproval not our role
I am dismayed by Rabbi Rosenberg’s disapproving tone [March 2024] when he speaks of Israel’s retaliation in the Israel-Hamas war. How can American Jews feel justified in …
Challah taste test reveals many good choices in Providence area
Do you like your challah soft and fluffy or with a dense, firm bite? Do you prefer a loaf with seeds? Is a golden crust important to you? Do you have definite opinions on the best braid for a Shabbat …
Mouthwatering dairy recipes for Shavuot
Shavuot is coming , at sundown on June 11, and to many of us, that means dairy! Cheesecake, blintzes and noodle kugels are traditional choices, but this year, why not add something delicious and …
It's July in Rhode Island and the temperatures are soaring. But camp carries on. Photographer Glenn Osmundson caught some of the summer fun at Camp JORI in Wakefield.
How times have changed: An advertisement in the Herald from July 1975 extols the virtues of nuclear power. The company in question was Narragansett Electric, which established the Yankee Rowe Nuclear …
PROVIDENCE – About 50 people gathered in a circle in the social hall at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center on May 30 to talk about death, specifically Jewish rituals …
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