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Mother finds win-win solution to son’s anxiety over Bar Mitzvah

(Kveller via JTA) – I didn’t grow up in a very religious home. That said, my parents gave me the option to attend Hebrew school and have a Bat mitzvah. My friends were … more

STACEY STEINHART | 10/28/16

The participants in the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization's mass bar and bat mitzvah ceremony with Israeli leaders.

Children of fallen Israeli soldiers, and an American, celebrate bar mitzvahs

JNS.ORG JERUSALEM – Dozens of orphans of fallen Israeli soldiers, and the son of an American serviceman who died in Afghanistan, celebrated their bar and bat mitzvahs in … more

SAM SOKOL | 10/28/16

Talking with loved ones about the future

I remember it like it was yesterday, watching my 74-year-old father lying in a hospital bed, totally incapacitated as the result of a stroke. Breathing was the only thing he was able to manage … more

ERIN MINIOR | 10/28/16

Until we meet again …

A little bird told me that there has been a mild level of confusion in pockets of Rhode Island’s Jewish community for the past few months. This confusion, from what I understand, stemmed from … more

ARIEL BROTHMAN | 10/28/16

Read a book by a local author

Are you going to participate in the Jewish community reading program? This new initiative encourages members of the greater Rhode Island Jewish community to read a single book of his/her choice in … more

LARRY KATZ | 10/28/16

Holiday under the sukkah at The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Facility in Warwick. Pictured, left to right,   Annette Pomerantz, Goldie Greene, Eleanor Paul and Lillian Lewis.

A sukkah of our own

Gratitude. That’s the word I most often associate with the holiday of Sukkot , and this year there was something else, something enormous, to be thankful for: After seven years of … more

NOEL RUBINTON | 10/28/16

Dori Venditti and Rob Castellucci demonstrate pickleball play.

Dwares JCC to start pickleball league in January

A recreational pickleball league is making its debut at the Dwares Jewish Community Center’s fitness center this winter. Pickleball is a relatively new sport that combines elements of … more

ARIEL BROTHMAN | 10/28/16

Nicholas Winton with a Kindertransport child.

Arts Emanu-El kicks off season with film, speaker on Kindertransport

In 1938, a young, successful British stockbroker decided to take a ski vacation in Switzerland. Then, he got diverted. He went to Prague instead, set up an office at the dining room table in his … more

LINDA SHAMOON | 10/28/16

At the 2015 Challah Bake, everyone got involved.

Challah Bake returns to RI

If you missed the first couple of years of this annual event, you don’t want to miss out again. The Great Rhode Island Challah Bake is back for a third year. As with each year, the promise is for an amazing event, according to organizers. more

FRAN OSTENDORF | 10/28/16

Two Rhode Islanders to compete for USA in Maccabiah Games

Rhode Islanders Samantha Levin-Kent and Daniel Freeman are thrilled that they’ll be among those representing the United States in the Maccabiah Games, the Jewish equivalent of the Olympics, in … more

ARIEL BROTHMAN | 10/13/16