Friday
July 25
Lunch & Learn
Piano Recital by Elmer Lappin,
hosted by the Jewish Community Center
Where: JFRI Board Room, 130 Sessions St., Providence
When: Noon - 1:30 p.m.
More info: 861-8800
Service under the Stars
Cookout, followed by outdoors
Kabbalat Shabbat service, hosted by Congregation Beth David of Narragansett.
Where: The Center in Narragansett, 375 Kingston Road (in the
Naragansett rotary)
When: 6:15 p.m.
Cost: $5
More info: Ethan Adler 946-2604
‘The Rape of Europa’
Feature
documentary film that details the Nazis campaign to loot and destroy art during
World War II – and the effort to return and rescue these art treasures
WHERE: Cable
Car Cinema, 204 South Main St, Providence
WHEN: Check
theatre listings for times
MORE INFO:
272-3970
Tuesday
July 29
Hadassah Garden Party
RI Chapter
of Hadassah hosts garden party, with concert by Cantor Judy Seplowen,
installation of officers, and launch of precious metal drive
Where:
Private home in Cranston
When: 6:30 p.m. (rain date July 30)
Cost: Piece
of precious metal or $10
More Info: 463.3636, of e-mail RhodeIslandChapter@Hadassah.org to
RSVP and get directions.
Wednesday
July 30
Author & Book Luncheon
Authors
Sophie Freud, Melissa Clark, Robin Aronson and Mary Jane Begin will be
appearing at a luncheon to benefit the Holocaust Education & Resource
Center of Rhode Island
Where:
Ledgemont Country Club in Seekonk, Mass.
When: 11:30
a.m.
Cost: $40
More info:
(401) 453-7860
Thursday
July 31
Leisure Club
Remembrances
of our early family days, with Herb Leshinsky
When:
10-10:50 a.m.
Back by
popular demand: nutrition, with Cindy Horowitz
When: 11:10
a.m. -12 p.m.
Where:
Temple Emanu-El, 99 Taft Ave., Providence
Cost: $18/yr
More info:
331-1616
Bereavement Group
Hug N’hamah
group for those mourning the loss of loved ones. Facilitated by Dr. Judith
Lubiner and by Rabbi Amy Levin.
Where:
Temple Torat Yisrael, 330 Park Avenue, Cranston
When: 7:30
p.m.
More info: 785-1800
Friday
August 1
Lunch & Learn
Hosted by
JCCRI.
Where: JFRI
Board Room, 130 Sessions St., Providence
When: Noon -
1:30 p.m.
More info:
861-8800
Camp Gan Israel Open Day
Fun, games,
carnival, challah baking, pizza lunch for Jewish children ages 3 - 10
WHERE:
Temple Am David, 40 Gardiner St., Warwick
WHEN: 9 a.m.
– 3 p.m., for 3-4 year olds, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
MORE INFO:
Shosana Laufer, 884, 7888
COST: $5 per
child, free for campers
Outdoor Beach Service
Join Rabbi
Klein to welcome Shabbat at Barrington Beach. All are welcome.
When: 6:15
p.m.
Where: Barrington Beach, at the end of Bay
Road, Barrington
More Info:
Call 245-6536
Wednesday
August 6
Golf fundraiser
Pitch n’ Putt
& Mini Golf, with proceeds support Jewish Seniors Agency. Kosher dietary
laws observed. Handicapped accessible. Rain Date Aug. 7.
When: 5 p.m.
Where:
Mulligan’s Island, 1000 New London Ave., Cranston
Cost:
$28-$48, adults, $18 children 17
and under
More info:
351-4750, or jsa@jsari.org to RSVP
Thursday
August 7
Tisha B’Av Bonfire
South County
Jewish community hosts Providence Community Kollel. Singing, story telling and
refreshments.
Where: The
Center in Narragansett, 375 Kingston Road (in the Narragansett rotary)
When: 8 p.m.
More info:
Ethan Adler 946-2604
Leisure Club
The 1956
Suez Canal war, with Morris Ovadia
When:
10-10:50 a.m.,
Growing up
in South Africa, with Mike Miller
When: 11:10
a.m. -12 p.m.
Where:
Temple Emanu-El, 99 Taft Ave., Providence
Cost: $18/yr
More info:
331-1616
Wednesday
August 13
Community Celebration
“Lower East
Side Comes to Providence East Side”returns for the fourth year, recreating
sights and sounds of New York City’s Lower East Side during early 20th
century. Klezmer music, children’s
activities and contests.
Where: JCCRI
field, 401 Elmgrove Ave., Providence
When: 5
– 8 p.m.
More info:
(401) 861-8800, ext. 108
Thursday
August 14
Leisure Club
Storytelling,
with Carolyn Martino
When:
10-10:50 a.m.
Advocacy
opportunities when you become an AARP member, with Gloria Williams
When: 11:10
a.m. -12 p.m.
Where:
Temple Emanu-El, 99 Taft Ave., Providence
Cost: $18/yr
More info:
331-1616
Post 23 80th anniversary
Jewish War
Veterans Post 23 will mark its 80th year with a full-course dinner celebration
WHERE:
Shriner’s Hall, Broad Street, Cranston
WHEN: 5 p.m.
Meeting, 6 p.m. Dinner
COST: $20
per person
More info:
Herman Wallock, 781-1`392
Friday
August 15
Service under the Stars
A sizzlin’
BBQ for new and prospective members, with ice cream social for kids, precedes
Shabbat service at the Julie Claire Gutterman patio
WHERE:
Temple Beth-El, 70 Orchard Ave., Providence
When: BBQ, 6
p.m.; Service, 7 p.m.
More info:
331-6070
Sunday
August 17
Reading
of George Washington’s Letter
Where: Touro
Synagogue, Newport
When: 1 p.m.
More info:
847-4794
Tuesday
August 26
Film
Praying with
Lior
Where:
JCCRI, 401 Elmgrove Ave, Providence
When: 7 p.m.
More info:
Beth Brier, 331-0956 ext. 223, bbrier@bjeri.org
Wednesday
September 17
Israel@ 60 WaterFire
Where:
Downtown Providence
When: 6:30
p.m.
More info: 421-4111, ext. 148
