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PHDS fourth-graders collect food donations from their schoolmates at the PHDS Thanksgiving assembly on Nov. 22.

Students collect food for Kosher Pantry to celebrate Thanksgiving

To celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving, students in Grades 1-8 at the Providence Hebrew Day School attended an assembly organized by Jeffrey Stoloff, fourth-grade general studies teacher. … more

12/9/16

6 new Hanukkah kids’ books to help enlighten the holiday

JTA – From a new audio version of “Hanukkah Bear” – a holiday favorite by National Jewish Book Award winner Eric A. Kimmel – to a novel for young teens set during the … more

PENNY SCHWARTZ | 12/9/16

Remember last summer? [Photo gallery]

Campers from 2016 J-Camp participated in many electives including the newspaper group, led by Fran Ostendorf, editor of The Voice. Here are some samples of their writing and illustrating to prompts. … more

12/9/16

Bornstein Holocaust Education Center calls on nation to confront hate speech

Nov. 28, 2016 – The Bornstein Holocaust Education Center joins with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in being profoundly disturbed by the hateful rhetoric that occurred at a … more

12/9/16

After fires, heavy rainfall brings flooding to central Israel

JTA – Heavy rainfall in Israel’s north and center ended dry weather conditions that had helped spread fires throughout the country. The downpour Dec. 1, the first this winter, caused … more

12/9/16

8 ways to celebrate Hanukkah that aren’t about the presents

(Kveller via JTA) – We love Hanukkah. The message that the rabbis in the Talmud give about the holiday is that we light candles each night in order to increase the holiness in the … more

REBECCA ROSENTHAL | 12/9/16

Israeli ‘soldier for peace’ draws a crowd at Brown University

Risking your life, forfeiting your safety, and putting yourself through hell for a higher mission. These are all sacrifices we attribute to soldiers, and they are sacrifices that Yakir Englander … more

MICAH ROSEN | 12/9/16

In Uman, Hebrew letters cover store fronts and the sides of buildings so that from a photograph it looks more like Bnei Brak than Eastern Europe.

Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine

I was hoping for a significant religious encounter in Uman, the central Ukrainian city that on Rosh Hashanah is inundated by thousands of Jewish men who journey to the tziyun hakadosh (holy grave … more

SHAI AFSAI | 12/9/16

Rabbi Jablow with Hillel students and the student speakers.

Bryant University announces plans to increase Jewish presence on campus

SMITHFIED, R.I. – Bryant University officials on Nov. 9 announced plans to expand Jewish educational and cultural opportunities for its current student body and prospective Jewish students. more

SAM SERBY | 12/9/16

Twelve Questions with Rabbi Steven Jablow

Q: Favorite Jewish food? A: Matzah for Pesach. Q: Favorite Jewish holiday? A: Pesach. Why? It is just so much work, which makes you appreciate it. Q: Favorite Jewish song? A: … more

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