It’s our shared responsibility to fight hate
Our state’s motto is simply “Hope.” For many right now, feelings of hope may feel distant and difficult to achieve. But we must remember, we all have a responsibility to one …
A plan to create a stronger Jewish community
In December 2019 I sat in a Newport living room with more than 25 members of our community, and I listened. The group was diverse in age, diverse in denomination, and diverse in politics and …
A powerful proposition
Many years ago, long before I became a rabbi, I was invited to High Holy Days services at Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC) in Los Angeles. As I walked into the sanctuary on Erev Rosh Hashanah, I remember …
‘Justice, justice thou shall pursue’
Our legacy may lie in our actions, not our names
Dare to pursue your dreams
New year, new thought: Let’s embrace what’s good right now
Sometimes, when I sit down to write this column, I stare at a blank page on my computer screen and I wonder where to begin. My aim isn’t to be scholarly or to impart wisdom based on years of …
Precious memories, neatly boxed
Jewish Rhody Media: The future is here
Show your support for local Jewish journalism
Our pets need to adjust to post-pandemic life too
There’s more to Columbus than meets the eye
Did you know that a pigeon is a dove and that the word “columbus” means just that in Latin, the bird that makes a cooing, melancholy melody over all the continents and builds …
Ups and downs of the ‘new normal’
In the summer of 2019, well before our lives were upended by the seemingly never-ending “new normal,” I wrote a column about how my wife and I were about to become empty-nesters. At that …
From generation to generation
Seventy years ago, David Charak Adelman saw his idea for a new organization become a reality. For many years, Adelman had been collecting “Rhode Island Americana” – printed …
Spring cleaning reveals old memories
Spring of 1951 revisited
The beautiful tea cups nobody wants
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