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When Congress unexpectedly eliminated two Social Security claiming strategies as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, retirement planning got a little more complicated for people who expected to use those strategies to boost their …
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Barbara Kennerson
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12/11/15
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What do Jews speak? The answer isn’t exactly simple. And how could it be, when Yiddish, Aramaic, ancient and modern Hebrew, Ladino and Arabic all play into the mix?
Which is exactly why the Jewish English …
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ZACHARY SOLOMON
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3/26/15
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Some may consider this story a very small flash in the realm of time. Others may consider it destiny or bashert, as it is referred to in Yiddish. It is about a small moment of fate – an encounter that took six decades to occur. This is a true …
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Jennifer Feldman, Sally Carver and Dianne Giammarco
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12/18/14
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Hillel at the University of Rhode Island is hosting a series of events from March 30 to April 4 in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Week. All events are open to the public. Jaclyn Rubin, a second-year student from No. Brunswick, N.J., is the …
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3/27/14
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Hanukkah has always been my favorite Jewish holiday and no, not because of the presents, but because my family makes it a point to set aside time to be together each night. Singing the Hanukkah blessings, lighting the menorah, and singing songs has …
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Elanah Chassen
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12/19/13
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The World Series is scheduled to end on Nov. 1. Since we do not want anyone to suffer baseball withdrawal pains by going cold turkey, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island is extending the …
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LARRY KATZ
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9/25/17
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“It’s a terrible, terrible thing what’s going on with hate in our country … and something has to be done. …. There must be no tolerance for anti-Semitism in …
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11/8/18
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Jeffrey Savit, a longtime champion of Jewish day school education in Providence and Boston, will be honored with the Amudim Award at the Providence Hebrew Day School’s 72nd annual awards dinner, on June 16 at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center.
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RUCHAMA SZENDRO
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5/14/19
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Passover has always been my favorite holiday, and an important one for my family. In these uncertain times, and with the reality of seders-in-isolation, I’ve been reminiscing a lot about …
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MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE
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4/5/20
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(JTA) – I was born in Jerusalem, a city that is the pinnacle of multifaith expression. Yet instead of growing up with a sense of coexistence, I was surrounded by segregation both politically …
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HADAR COHEN
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10/9/21
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