The largest annual Jewish pilgrimage outside of Israel is to the heart of the Ukraine. In recent years, some 30,000 Jews from around the world have been drawn to celebrate Rosh Hashanah in the small city of Uman, burial place of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, the influential nineteenth-century Chassidic Master. Join local author Shai […]
Rabbi Gil Bashe, of the Breslov Research Institute, is visiting Providence to teach about Rebbe Nachman and Breslov Chasidic thought. A longtime healthcare professional, Rabbi Bashe is an American-born former Israel Defense Forces paratrooper who fought in the First Lebanon War and is among the veterans of the famous rescue force at Sultan Yacoub in […]
Providence's Congregation Beth Sholom, Core Connects Rhode Island, the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island, Providence's Temple Beth-El, and Providence's Temple Emanu-El are collaborating to offer a 12-week in-person program: "Spiritual Accounting: Benjamin Franklin and Rabbi Mendel Lefin’s Course of Character Development." Taught by Providence’s Rabbi Eliahu Klein, a musar (practical Jewish ethics) instructor […]
