After a brief closure at the end of September, a renovated J-Fitness area is open for the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center members.
The entire J-Fitness area has …
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JEWISH VOICE STAFF
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10/16/17
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On June 13, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island gathered for its annual meeting, recognizing the past and looking to the future.
For the seventh time, the group met as a combined …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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6/22/18
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Giving gifts is as much about the giver as it is the recipient. But when it comes to gifting for a 13 year old, it’s sometimes hard to find a way to forge what can seem like a big divide. In my …
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NAOMI FINK COTRONE
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10/12/18
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Several community members will be honored at Providence Hebrew Day School’s 72nd annual awards dinner on June 16 at the Dwares Jewish Community Center.
Jeffrey Savit , a …
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RUCHAMA SZENDRO
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6/11/19
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Michael Fine, a past director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, is a physician, writer and community organizer. He is the chief health strategist for the city of Central Falls and the …
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MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE
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10/2/19
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May-Ronny Zeidman will receive the Rhode Island Coalition for Israel’s Sy Dill Mensch of the Year Award on Sunday, April 24.
Zeidman, who was executive director of the Sandra Bornstein …
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JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF
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4/1/22
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(JTA) – Brandeis University’s president has apologized to the school’s Orthodox Jewish student group for a university ad that called the school “anything but Orthodox.”
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BEN SALES
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7/7/23
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While growing up in Los Angeles, my twin brother, Theo, and I could play outside every day. Both our maternal grandfather and our mother were baseball fans, so we often played catch with each other. …
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1/7/24
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There is something special about joining a long-standing family legacy. Last summer, 26-year-old Aaron Guttin joined his family’s legacy when he took on the role of assistant director at Camp JORI. The Guttin family has played key roles at the …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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2/19/16
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In 2009, the world-renowned American violinist Joshua Bell stood on a stage in Czestochowa, Poland, to play Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D on a Stradivarius violin, the very same violin that had been owned and played in the same town by the Polish …
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LINDA SHAMOON
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10/29/15
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