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Yom ha-Shoah commemorated at community program

Yom ha-Shoah is the day we honor and remember the victims, survivors and heroes of the Holocaust. This year’s community commemoration, held on April 23 at Temple Emanu-El, Providence, like the … more

LEV POPLOW | 4/27/17

Habonim honors local artist, founding member

BARRINGTON – On a Sunday in March, Temple Habonim honored local artist Barnet ‘Bunny’ Fain by showcasing his art and naming its gallery in his honor. The gathering to make the … more

SETH CHITWOOD | 4/27/17

On Good Deeds Day, April 2, Congregation Beth David members took to the beach to help make it clean and safe: (left to right) Michael jemal, Beth Dworetzky, Bob Fricklas, jacob Jemal, Maysy Fricklas, Lily Liebermensch, Dara Liebermensch and Ben Liebermensch. Other organizations throughout the Rhode Island Jewish community participated, too.

Doing good in R.I. [Photo gallery]

On April 2, the Rhode Island Jewish community hosted a series of good deeds (mitzvot) throughout the state as part of the global movement known as Good Deeds Day. Participants cleaned up, recycled, … more

4/7/17

Beijing teacher training tour stops at JCDS

On Feb. 1, 15 teachers from Beijing #80, a top-ranked high school in the heart of China’s capital city, arrived in New England to learn more about how the STEAM (Science, Technology, … more

NANCY STEWART | 4/7/17

Memorial Event

On the evening of March 26, at a women’s gathering to mark the second yahrtzeit of rebbetzin Tichyeh Schochet, the hostess acknowledged several dozen women who had completed … more

4/7/17

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

Due date just around the corner for 2016 federal income tax

Tax filing season is here again. If you haven’t done so already, you’ll want to start pulling things together, including a copy of last year’s tax return, W-2s, 1099s and deduction … more

4/7/17

Yom ha-Zikaron remembrance at JCC

Remember and honor those who have fallen in the defense of the State of Israel or during acts of terror during a memorial ceremony April 30 at the Dwares Jewish Community Center. Since 1963, Yom … more

4/7/17

RIJHA to explore black-Jewish relations at Annual Meeting

Cheryl Greenberg, the Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of History at Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut, will be the guest speaker at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the R.I. Jewish … more

JOSHUA JASPER | 4/7/17

The good, the bad and the ugly in black-Jewish relations

A human is a very complicated being. Communities and societies of humans are even more complex. Sometimes, someone who studies these groups makes generalizations in order to teach a lesson … more

JOSHUA JASPER | 4/7/17