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Your donations help Jews in R.I. – and across the globe

In “Pirkei Avot,” it states, “Your house should be open wide, and you should make the poor members of your household.” For many of us, our inclination is to help our … more

JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF | 4/9/21

Gal Gadot and husband are remaking an Israeli crime drama for a US audience

(JTA) – Gal Gadot and her husband are remaking an Israeli crime drama for showing in the United States. Gadot and Yaron Varsano’s Pilot Wave production company has joined Endemol Shine … more

MARCY OSTER | 12/10/19

Israelis snag top prizes at National Jewish Book Awards

NEW YORK (JTA) – Authors Yossi Klein Halevi, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and Ari Shavit were among the winners of the 2013 National Jewish Book Awards. more

1/17/14

Israeli government must reinstate Western Wall deal or explain why it won’t, Supreme Court orders

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to either reinstate the Western Wall agreement with non-Orthodox groups or explain why it should not force the state to … more

9/7/17

Could Israel’s army have acted differently on the Gaza border? Experts disagree.

JTA – What should an army do when tens of thousands of protesters mass on its border? When that happened on Gaza’s border with Israel recently, Israeli soldiers opened fire on … more

BEN SALES | 5/26/18

Elizabeth and M. Charles Bakst at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem.

Time travel in Israel [Photo gallery]

On a recent trip to Israel, I knew where I wanted to go first: 56 years into my past. At age 16, on a Young Judaea summer tour, I attended the Aug. 3, 1960, dedication of the Hadassah Medical … more

M. Charles Bakst | 5/12/16

Israel exports up

(JNS.org) Israeli exports rose 6 percent – to $50 billion – during the first half of 2017, according to the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute. The jump in exports … more

9/7/17

Inside the volunteer effort to preserve the harrowing testimonies of Israel’s Oct. 7 survivors

(JTA) — Two days after Hamas killed 1,400 of his fellow Israelis, Raz Elispur saw something on social media that broke through the fog of the crisis. It was a first-person account by May Hayat, … more

Jackie Hajdenberg | 10/19/23

Israelis among world’s least religious, poll finds

JTA – Israel may be the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity, but it is also one of the world’s least religious nations, according to a new poll. The WIN/Gallup poll of 63,898 residents in 65 countries found that 65 percent of Israelis … more

4/23/15

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

The Jewish year in review: #MeToo, the embassy move and a growing gap between Israel and the Diaspora

JTA – For North American Jews, the Jewish year 5778 began with tensions between Israel and the Diaspora over egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall and ended with more tension over a … more

Ben Harris | 9/7/18