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2016-2017 Guide to Jewish Living 1 2 2016-2017 Guide to Jewish Living 2016-2017 Guide to Jewish Living 3 AT A GLANCE Chapter 1: Chapter 4: JEWISH LEARNING RELIGIOUS LIFE 6 – 17 38 – 41 Chapter 2: Chapter 5: COMMUNITY RESOURCES ACTIVITIES & VOLUNTEERING 18 – 24 42 – 48 Chapter 3: Chapter 6: SYNAGOGUES & CONGREGATIONS FOOD & FUN 26 – 36 50 – 55 INDEX OF GUIDE ENTRIES: 56 – 57 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS: 58 4 2016-2017 Guide to Jewish Living 2016-2017 Guide to Jewish Living 5 The Jewish Voice’s 2016-2017 Guide to Jewish Dear Friends, Living is a directory of all things Jewish in Welcome to the 2016-2017 Guide to Jewish the Rhode Island community, a voice for our Living. Whether you are new to the area or advertisers and us. It’s a comprehensive listing you’ve been here for years, this guide will help of the programs and resources available in our you find everything Jewish in greater Rhode area. And it’s a showcase for the advertisers Island. that support them. Each organization, program, service, and We hope you, our readers, will turn to the resource is part of a beautiful mosaic that guide when you need a resource. And please supports quality Jewish living. Use this guide support the advertisers in the 2016-2017 Guide regularly to discover all that our community to Jewish Living by letting them know you has to offer. In the meantime, we at the Jewish saw their ad and rewarding them with your Alliance look forward to seeing you at the business. Without these advertisers, we would Dwares JCC and throughout greater Rhode have no voice. The Jewish Voice depends on our Island! advertisers for support and you, our readers, for the valuable news and information that goes My best wishes always, into making a newspaper and this guide. The Voice staff strives to meet the needs of our community every day. Let us know how we’re doing! Jeffrey K. Savit President and Chief Executive Officer Thank you for your support. Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island Fran Ostendorf Editor The Jewish Voice EDITOR GUIDE EDITORIAL Fran Ostendorf Ariel Brothman [email protected] 401-421-4111, ext. 168 GUIDE ADVERTISING Tricia Stearly DESIGN & LAYOUT Karen Borger Leah M. Camara www.thejewishvoice.org GUIDE DESIGN AND LAYOUT ADVERTISING Elliot Gerber THE JEWISH VOICE (ISSN number Information: 401-421-4111, ext. 160 www.elliotgerber.com 1539-2104, USPS #465-710) is published bi-weekly, except in July, Karen Borger GUIDE PRINTING when it does not publish. [email protected] Graphic Developments Inc. (GDI) The Jewish Voice is published by the 401-529-2538 Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island 6 2016-2017 Guide to Jewish Living CHAPTER 1: JEWISH LEARNING NOTE: Many of the synagogues offers an inclusive, comprehensive, offer religious school and Jewish and secular integrated, Preschools & developmental early childhood Hebrew school. See Chapter 3. Nursery Schools: 6 - 7 program. Open to the entire community, the program Day Schools: 7 - 8 PRESCHOOLS & emphasizes Jewish holidays and NURSERY SCHOOLS values. Swim instruction and our College & Campus new Discover CATCH program Resources: 8 - 11 are other unique features of the David C. Isenberg Family curriculum. Complete programs General Education: 11 - 17 Early Childhood Center for children from 3 months to 5 at the Dwares JCC years. Full week, partial week, Hebrew Education: 17 401 Elmgrove Ave. full- and half-day options. Licensed Providence, RI 02906 by Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), accredited P: 401-421-4111, ext. 180 by both BrightStars and National F: 401-331-7961 Association for the Education of jewishallianceri.org Young Children (NAEYC). [email protected] Director: Jewish Enrichment Program Jo-Anne DeGiacomo Petrie 3871 Post Road program of the Jewish Warwick, RI 02886 A Alliance of Greater Rhode P: 401-884-7888 Island, the David C. Isenberg [email protected] Family Early Childhood Center Jewish Learning 2016-2017 Guide to Jewish Living 7 Coodinator: baby, coupons from the community, collaborative, critical thinkers Shoshana Laufer and valuable information about the within an inclusive and vibrant programs and services we have to Jewish community. re-Hebrew school-age children offer. Pmeet monthly at the Chabad CHAI Center in Warwick (near New England Academy East Greenwich). Each month DAY SCHOOLS of Torah (NEAT) focuses on nurturing a mitzvah 450 Elmgrove Ave. through arts and crafts, baking, Jewish Community Day School singing and group play. Providence, RI 02906 of RI (JCDSRI) P: 401-331-5327 85 Taft Ave. Shalom Baby F: 401-331-0030 Providence, RI 02906 401 Elmgrove Ave. neaths.org P: 401-751-2470 Providence, RI 02906 [email protected] F: 401-351-7674 P: 401-421-4111 Rabbi Peretz Scheinerman, jcdsri.org F: 401-331-7961 Dean [email protected] jewishallianceri.org Rabbi Aaron Lapin, Principal Admissions Director: memberservices@ Mrs. Ilana Weissmann, Naomi Schorsch Stein jewishallianceri.org Director of College Counseling Head of School: and Curriculum he Jewish Alliance of Greater Adam Tilove TRhode Island helps connect ll-girls college preparatory new parents to programs available n independent Jewish Ahigh school. Provides an in the local Jewish Community. ADay School for children excellent Judaic and general Let us welcome your new addition in Pre-K through 5th grade. studies curriculum, a highly-rated to our Jewish community with a JCDSRI inspires creativity, mock trial team and an array of baby bucket filled with gifts for your develops character and prepares extracurricular activities. 8 2016-2017 Guide to Jewish Living Jewish Learning Providence Hebrew Rabbi Peretz Scheinerman, Striar Hebrew Academy Day School (PHDS) Dean 100 Ames St. 450 Elmgrove Ave. Miriam Esther Weiner, Principal Sharon, MA 02067 Providence, RI 02906 Dual-curriculum community P: 781-784-8724 P: 401-331-5327 school from preschool through F: 781-793-0654 F: 401-331-0030 grade 8. PHDS is a member of the striarhebrew.org phdschool.org Torah Umesorah, the national [email protected] society of Jewish day schools. [email protected] Contact: Susie Berg, Director of Admissions triar Hebrew Academy, Sa coeducational, Modern Orthodox day school located in Sharon, Mass., provides a dual curriculum of general and Judaic studies for students Nursery (2.9 years old) through Grade 5. COLLEGE & CAMPUS RESOURCES Bryant University Hillel 1150 Douglas Pike Smithfield, RI 02917-1284 401-232-6553 [email protected] Executive Director: Rabbi Steven Jablow [email protected] illel offers religious, cultural, Hsocial, educational and other programs and services to help meet the needs of Jewish members of the Bryant University community throughout the year. These programs include interfaith activities and learning, sponsorship of campus-wide activities, informal learning, and Jewish Learning 2016-2017 Guide to Jewish Living 9 the opportunity for pastoral and of the most active and dynamic Johnson & Wales personal connections with our organizations on campus. URI University Hillel full-time campus rabbi. Hillel was recently honored with the “Indispensable Campus 8 Abbott Park Providence, RI 02903 Hillel Foundation at the Partner Award” for inspiring the University community as University of Rhode Island a campus leader on diversity, 6 Fraternity Circle tolerance, and multiculturalism. Kingston, RI 02881 P: 401-874-2740 F: 401-874-2136 urihillel.org Executive Director: Amy Olson [email protected] Jewish Student Life Coordinator: Yaniv Havusha [email protected] illel at the University of HRhode Island creates a warm and welcoming atmosphere where students are encouraged and empowered to explore Judaism in ways that are meaningful to them. The experienced professional staff works closely with students to provide a full array of social, cultural, religious, community service, Israel related and leadership opportunities. The 5,000-square-foot Norman M. Fain Hillel Center opened in 2010 and is a resource to the entire campus. The attractive and inviting facility offers a home away from home for students and is an ideal space for socializing, programming and activities. Hillel is recognized and acclaimed by URI administration as one 10 2016-2017 Guide to Jewish Living Jewish Learning P: 401-598-1499 F: 401-598-1171 jwu.edu oordinates Jewish activities Cand programs on campus. Rhode Island College Jewish Student Community Group 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave. Providence, RI 02908 P: 401-456-8016 ewish and non-Jewish Jstudents, faculty and staff are welcome to participate in this group, which will offer programming. Roger Williams University Hillel One Old Ferry Road Bristol, RI 02809 P: 401-254-3433 rwu.edu Jewish Learning 2016-2017 Guide to Jewish Living 11 Contact: Nancy Soukup connect spiritually, socially and Chabad House of College Hill [email protected] culturally to their Judaism and 12 Olive St. fortify their connections to Israel. rovides social and religious Its home, the Glenn and Darcy Providence, RI 02906 Pservices for the Jewish Weiner Center, is in the heart of P: 401-743-4725 population at Roger Williams Brown’s campus. [email protected] University. The Edwin S. Spiritual Leader: Soforenko Foundation provides support for Hillel events. GENERAL EDUCATION Rabbi Mendel Laufer elcomes Jewish students The Brown RISD Alliance Educational Services Wattending Brown University, 401 Elmgrove Ave. RISD and J&W University, Hillel Foundation regardless of background or 80 Brown St. Providence, RI 02906 affiliation. Providence, RI 02906 P: 401-421-4111, ext. 179 P: 401-863-2805