WARWICK – Mendel Laufer, the son of Rabbi Yossi and Shoshana Laufer and grandson of Rabbi Yehosua and Michla Laufer, is shown putting on tefillin for the first time as “practice’ before his Bar Mitzvah. He had a ceremony for this occasion on …
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11/22/13
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BIRTH – BOULDER, Colo. – Nancy and Terry Fitzgerald announce the birth of their son, Asher on Sept. 29. He is the grandson of Karen and Ira Asher of West Kingston.
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11/7/13
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KINGSTON – Sabrina Brotons hails from The Bronx, N.Y.; she is a senior at URI studying public relations and political science. She’s been involved in URI Hillel since freshman year and is now Co-President with Lily Nieto. Sabrina has helped plan …
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11/7/13
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BAR MITZVAH– WAYLAND, Mass. – Jacob Gordon Foster celebrated his bar mitzvah on Oct. 5 at Congregation Or Atid in Wayland. He is the great-grandson of the late Leo and Gertrude (Ketover) Gleklen of Providence.
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10/25/13
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100th birthday – Beatrice Wattman Miller celebrated her 100th birthday luncheon with 55 well wishers from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticutt, New Hampshire, Maryland and Florida on Sunday, Sept. 22.
A lifelong resident of Providence and …
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9/30/13
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WOONSOCKET – On the evening of June 23, 2013, the Brenner family and their friends turned back the clock to 1963. Fifty years have elapsed since their wedding day, but the bride and groom are as in love as ever. Gerald and Marjory …
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9/30/13
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GRADUATE – Alyssa Leigh Gergel graduated from Johnson & Wales University with a B.S. in hotel and lodging management. She is currently studying for an MBA from Johnson & Wales University.
Alyssa, the daughter of Melissa and Steven Gergel of …
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9/12/13
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JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT – Susan Jacobs, of North Easton, Mass., is sworn in as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court by Robert Marchand, an attorney from Fall River, Mass., on Monday, Aug. 19, at the Colonel Blackinton …
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8/30/13
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BOARD APPOINTMENT – John Landry, vice chair of the editorial board of The Jewish Voice, has been named to the board of Jewish Outreach Institute, a nonprofit organization that reaches out to unengaged and intermarried Jewish families, and helps …
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8/30/13
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