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Learn about the Ugandan model of ecumenism at Temple Habonim

“Delicious Peace: Coffee, Music and Religious Harmony in Uganda,” a program on ecumenism with guest speaker Rabbi Jeffrey Summit of Tufts University, will be presented May 4 at 2:30 p.m. at Temple Habonim in Barrington. This is the the story … more

4/24/14

Temple Sinai Religious School combines theater and Jewish studies

What happens when you combine theater activities and Jewish studies? That is a question that was raised in the Religious School at Temple Sinai in Cranston. Through a gift to the school, a connection was made with Seth Finkle, the Education Director … more

Toby Koritsky | 4/24/14

Temple Emanu-El to honor Cantor Brian Mayer

With a festive dinner and joyous concert on May 18, Temple Emanu-El in Providence is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Cantor Brian Mayer’s spiritual, musical, pastoral and educational contributions to Temple Emanu-El and to the larger Jewish … more

4/24/14

HaZamir Providence

Remember the old joke about a tourist asking a New Yorker for directions: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” Answer: “Practice, practice, practice!” Well, there’s a new twist to this old joke. “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” … more

Brian Mayer | 4/10/14

(401)j presents: SermonSlam Providence

The most common question I get when I talk about (401)j’s SermonSlam event is “What is a SermonSlam?” to which I promptly reply what I learned from the Open Quorum website, “SermonSlam is a poetry slam, but for sermons, poems, stories, … more

Erin Moseley | 4/10/14

Torat Yisrael’s Dueling Artists: Everyone won!

Torat Yisrael raised a record amount at the congregation’s first major fundraising event in their new East Greenwich building. Some 130 people gathered in Temple Torat Yisrael’s social hall on March 8 for a unique evening of creativity, good … more

4/10/14

My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy!

The award-winning comedy show “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy!” premieres in Providence on April 23. Inspired by playwright Steve Solomon’s own family dynamics, this side-splitting one-man show has met with rave … more

Kara Marziali | 4/10/14

Pre-K Passover play

Each year the Pre-K children at Jewish Community Day School perform a Passover play. Dramatic play increases learning and is so much fun! After the play, family and friends join them for a Seder with much of the food prepared by the kids. Happy … more

4/10/14

From farm to home: How leading dairy producers prepare for Passover

Some have preparing for Passover down to a science as a means to stay organized despite all the stress amid locating and buying food that is kosher for Passover, cleaning the home, preparing for Seders and keeping the celebrations up for eight days. … more

Daniela Berkowitz | 4/10/14

My most memorable Passover celebration

The story starts in 1990, when my little cousin Rita and her mother Anna were shopping in Douglas Drug. There, they encountered Mrs. Rosen, Rita’s teacher, who invited them to her house for Passover. Since my relatives had just arrived in the … more

Irina Missiuro | 4/10/14