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Almost all of us just celebrated Thanksgiving. Some may ask what there was to be thankful for, as we are now experiencing what appears to be the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, many believe … more
STARTING MONDAY, DEC. 20: Per Rhode Island State mandate, proof of vaccination or masks are required to enter the Jewish Alliance/Dwares Jewish Community Center on Elmgrove Avenue in Providence. Upon … more
Trans Jewish writer, educator, performer and social justice activist T. Wise will be the keynote presenter at the University of Rhode Island’s 27th Annual LGBTQ+ Symposium, which is scheduled … more
For 1,500 miles, Karen Krinsky drove her new truck up the interstate, wondering what she had gotten herself into. She had never run a food truck before. She’d never made ice cream, much less vegan ice cream. All Krinsky knew on that fateful day in 2010 was that she had just purchased a sizable used vehicle, and now she had to drive it from Boynton Beach, Florida, to Providence, Rhode Island. more
Nearly a decade ago, when Emily Levy was 19 years old, she had an urgent meeting with her doctor. She had just been diagnosed with a severe case of Lyme disease. Growing up in Rhode Island and … more
More Druze have died fighting for Israel, proportionally, than any other ethnic group in Israel. Find out why the Druze community is so loyal to Israel when Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh speaks at the Dwares Jewish Community Center on Monday evening, Feb. 6. As an Israeli Druze woman, Kamal-Mreeh will discuss Israeli society from her point of view. more
Rabbi Barry Dolinger, of Congregation Beth Sholom in Providence, has been chosen to join the sixth class of Rabbis Without Borders. “I’m honored and humbled to have been accepted,” said Dolinger. “I’m excited to learn and study with … more
JTA – When some Reform synagogue-goers open up their prayer books this High Holy Day season, they will be greeted with snippets of poems by the likes of Walt Whitman and Pablo Neruda. Feminist and LGBTQ-friendly terms and phrases will be subtly … more
Are you over 60? (It’s OK to respond in the affirmative – no one can hear you.) Do you still pay for a landline? (So predictable!) Can you save a small forest by unsubscribing to all the junk catalogs you receive? (Why haven’t you done it … more
Can the universe be spawned from nothing? What does it mean for time to “begin”?  Physicist David Kagan, a faculty member at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, will address these fascinating questions on Jan. 15, at 7 p.m. at Temple … more
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