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Which Major League Baseball team is the most ‘Jewish’?

JTA – October marks the beginning of a new year, a time of fresh starts and second chances – and playoff baseball, the climax of a summer of (we still insist) American Jewry’s … more

JTA STAFF | 10/13/16

Kara demonstrates her fitness journey using various modalities available at the Jewish Alliance’s J-Fitness facility.

Fitness Journey: 8 months in, I own new power

If you had asked me when I started this journey where I thought I’d be eight months later, I would never have guessed here. Since embarking on this commitment to fitness, I … more

KARA MARZIALI | 10/13/16

A trip to Havana and the experience of a Cuban minyan

I had a dilemma. My second day in Havana was fast approaching and I was getting anxious. Thursday was the 12th anniversary of my father’s yahrtzeit and I had no idea where I would say Kaddish … more

STANLEY WACHTENHEIM | 10/13/16

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

Hillel exhibit features Poland’s Jewish past

Brown RISD Hillel is excited to announce the inaugural exhibition of the updated and expanded collection of “Traces of Memory: A Contemporary Look at the Jewish Past in Poland” from the … more

10/13/16

Facebook exec, Rwanda survivor among 5 tapped for Holocaust memorial council

JTA – A Facebook vice president and a human rights advocate who survived the Rwandan genocide are among five people appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Elliot Schrage, the … more

10/13/16

Study shows how Jewish vote could play crucial role in key states

BOSTON (JTA) – A new study, touted as the first-ever state-by-state, county-by-county Jewish population estimate, shows how the Jewish vote could play a crucial role in … more

PENNY SCHWARTZ | 10/13/16

Start the year with a good Jewish book

What better way to start the Jewish New Year than with a Jewish book? President Shimon Peres said, “I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single … more

LARRY KATZ | 10/13/16

Rosh Hashanah surprises

NEWPORT – There are often surprises at Touro Synagogue. Rosh Hashanah was no exception. On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, I settled into my second row seat, carefully positioned to have a … more

AARON GINSBURG | 10/13/16

Thrive RI strives to make us ever more mindful

BY The concept of “mindfulness” has emerged relatively recently as an important component of one’s well-being. Thrive RI, a new mindfulness meditation group, aims to … more

ARIEL BROTHMAN | 10/13/16