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The Providence Hebrew Day School’s annual awards dinner will be held on Sunday, June 5, at the school. Rabbi Yechezkel Yudkowsky and his wife, Shiffy Yudkowsky, are the recipients of … more

RUCHAMA SZENDRO | 5/27/16

Temple Beth-El holds its 161st annual meeting

PROVIDENCE – Attending annual meetings is often a chore (or a bore), but Beth-El’s, held on May 18, was refreshing. So many congregational leaders expressed heartfelt thanks for all … more

GEORGE M. GOODWIN | 5/27/16

Community can say farewell to shaliach

The community is invited to join in a farewell celebration in honor of Gilor Meshulam, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s shaliach (Israeli emissary), who will return to Israel this … more

5/27/16

Brown RISD Hillel hosts a visual exhibit of a recent spring-break trip to Ethiopia taken by students.

Brown RISD Hillel students create exhibit based on volunteer project in Ethiopia

PROVIDENCE – A group of students from Brown RISD Hillel has created an exhibit based on their recent spring break trip to Ethiopia, where they worked with community members to restore a … more

ARIEL BROTHMAN | 5/27/16

Yom ha-Zikaron observance includes remarks by Israeli soldier/educator

On May 10, approximately 75 people gathered in the courtyard outside the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Resource Center at the Dwares JCC in Providence to observe Yom ha-Zikaron (Day of … more

ARIEL BROTHMAN | 5/27/16

A new model for Beth-El’s religious school

In an effort to take an already successful religious school to the next level, a team at Temple Beth-El is dreaming big. In 2015, a campaign was started to honor retiring Rabbi Leslie Yale … more

FRAN OSTENDORF | 5/27/16

Judge rules Touro Synagogue belongs to current worshipers

JTA — A federal judge on May 16 granted control of the country’s oldest synagogue to the Rhode Island congregation that worships there and not the building’s New York-based founding … more

5/27/16

Acts of kindness after the hate

The Rhode Island Jewish community is coming together as a result of what has been termed a hate crime that occurred the weekend of May 21 at Congregation Ohawe Sholam in Pawtucket. A call has gone … more

JEWISH VOICE STAFF | 5/27/16

Newporters delighted with Touro decision

Newporters were very excited to learn of U.S. District Court Judge Jack McConnell’s decision giving Congregation Jeshuat Israel, of Newport, control of Touro Synagogue. The decision … more

AARON GINSBURG | 5/27/16

Faith communities join in fundraising efforts for Station Fire Memorial

The faith community in Rhode Island has come together to support the construction of a memorial to the victims of the Station nightclub fire in West Warwick, and the Jewish community is no … more

Ariel Brothman | 5/27/16