One day in 2008, Noah Lubin walked into an art gallery in Jerusalem. He was feeling “brazen.”
He knew the place, at least from the outside. He’d walked past the display window many times. But on this day, he happened to be carrying a portfolio of his artwork.
He knew he shouldn’t go in. This wasn’t how artists met art dealers.
More …In December, I went to a much-anticipated family wedding. It was a chance for relatives of all ages on my mother’s side to reconnect. For some, it had been years since we had seen one …
Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) is Israel’s best-known contemporary poet; his work has been translated into 40 languages. In my bookcase stand several of Amichai’s volumes in the Hebrew …
On Tuesday, Feb. 7, Mitzi Berkelhammer chairs a community discussion with the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island and Hazon on building the Jewish community guided by the shared values of …
Vayekhi is the last parashah of the book of Genesis. Genesis, as we all know, begins with the creation of the universe and culminates with the creation of human beings. By the time the book of …
I just want to say it’s amazing how far we’ve come in RI. I can still remember the pain of reading a letter to the editor in the Jewish Voice more than a decade ago from a reader who …
What a delight it was to read the story of Dick Shapiro (November 2022) – and to watch the video – which I learned of from the emailed newsletter Inside Jewish Rhode Island. The …
NEW YORK – I am in the world-renowned Katz’s Delicatessen on the Lower East Side with my friends Dave Reid and Lu Cribari. We’re here to do some serious eating, …