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Rhode Island’s Jewish Freemasons have not all been assimilationists

In my article about Jews, Freemasonry and Rhode Island’s Redwood Lodge (12/25/2015), I never once used the word “assimilation.” Rather, I emphasized that Redwood Lodge’s … more

Letters to the editor | 6/24/16

Gan Israel sets schedule for August camp

This year, Camp Gan Israel will be held on the grounds and in the building of Temple Torat Yisrael on Middle Road in East Greenwich. Torat Yisrael’s building is completely air-conditioned and … more

6/24/16

Jewish justice joining Argentina’s Supreme Court in landmark appointment

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) – Carlos Rosenkrantz, a Buenos Aires attorney, law professor, and a former presidential adviser, will be the first Jewish justice on the Supreme Court of … more

6/24/16

Powerful presentation at Pride Shabbat

More than 100 people attended an inspirational Pride Shabbat June 17 at Temple Habonim in Barrington. Prayers and readings included a remembrance for those killed in Orlando June 5. … more

Fran Ostendorf | 6/24/16

Temple Beth-El’s long-time education director retires

Many people on the verge of retirement are more than ready to chuck their job, but that wasn’t the case for Anita Steiman. Steiman, 61, who served as education director at … more

ARIEL BROTHMAN | 6/24/16

Know your neighbors

By Danielle Neeman I have always admired the beauty of the impressive mountains on the Jordanian side of the Arava desert. The small villages scattered along the mountains running parallel to … more

6/24/16

The view from the lobby where the staircase once was. Right,

Renovation update: A plan in action

Enthusiasm is just one of the things building around here. When summer J-Camp at the Jewish Alliance’s Dwares JCC began this week, the campers were not deterred by the sight of … more

KARA MARZIALI | 6/24/16

JSA officers with Maurice Glicksman Award winner Dr. Jack Nassau, (left to right), Ruby Shalansky, Rabbi Richard Perlman, Bernice Weiner and Jeffrey Padwa.

‘Putting Life Into Living’ for seniors

WARWICK – “Putting Life Into Living” was the theme at the Jewish Seniors Agency of Rhode Island’s annual meeting, held on May 26 at The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk … more

DIANE DOWIOT | 6/24/16

The collage was completed May 24. Pictured are (left to right): BryAnn Nickerson (Foxboro, Massachusetts), Chidera Igbobi,  (Attleboro, Massachusetts, FRCS graduating class of 2016) and Agustina Aranes (Stoughton, Massachusetts).

New stamps collage celebrates diversity

The latest collage from the Holocaust Stamps Project is the work of kindergarteners. The completion of “One World Community – Celebrating Our Diversity!”, coincides with the end of … more

6/24/16

Rabbi Noah Karp talks with Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser

Annual meeting marks five years for Alliance

PROVIDENCE – Members of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island gathered in the meeting hall at Temple Beth-El the evening of June 15 for the Alliance’s fifth annual meeting and … more

FRAN OSTENDORF | 6/24/16