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Father’s Day is just around the corner. If your dad is tough to shop for, we’ve got you covered with gifts for Jewish dads with a variety of interests. more

JNS.org | 6/6/13

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

Time travel in Israel

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

Project Based Learning is focus of Kroll Educators Conference

Project Based Learning (PBL) is the theme of the Elaine and Sanford Kroll Educators Conference, to be presented by the Jewish Alliance of Greater … more

LAWRENCE KATZ | 9/1/16

Havana then and now

HAVANA – It took less than an hour to get here from Miami, but the flight catapulted me 58 years back. In fact, I felt a tie to something even deeper in the mists of time. I spent a day … more

M. CHARLES BAKST | 10/13/16

Don’t miss ‘mitzvah and a movie’ at Temple Beth-El

On Feb. 5, from 1-3 p.m., the Sisterhood of Temple Beth-El in Providence will host it’s annual family event, “Mitzvah and a Movie.” Families will make party favor bags for Birthday … more

1/20/17

Try a summer adventure in Israel

Have you ever wanted to be part of an archaeological dig? Live on a kibbutz ? Tour Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and other sites? And get college credit? You are in luck! Join University … more

4/7/17

A moving visit to Kibbutz Kfar Etzion

We have visited Israel many times over the past 40+ years. Each trip has been very special to us. There has always been something new and different to see and do. During our most recent … more

EZRA L. STIEGLITZ and VARDA STIEGLITZ | 5/25/17

Some 400 people visited Sons of Jacob June 25.

L’chaim to the Sons of Jacob museum

Charlie Fishbein, the proprietor of the Coffee Exchange in Providence, told me about plans to rededicate the Sons of Jacob Synagogue, in Providence’s Smith Hill, where Orms and … more

MIKE FINK | 8/10/17

Screening of “GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II."

Attendees listen to a speaker before the screening of “GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II.” The community event took place March 28 at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community … more

4/4/18

Tonya Glantz challenges healthcare assumptions

It’s a balmy August evening on the West Side of Providence. Sitting across from me in an outdoor cafe is a woman who has pushed against many assumptions plaguing public health and social … more

LEAH BOURAMIA | 9/7/18