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Brett Smiley, mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, carries a Torah scroll at his bar mitzvah held at Temple Beth-El in Providence, March 14, 2026. (Candy Adriance)
March 19, 2026, 9:51 am
Divine Providence: Serving and former mayors of Rhode Island capital celebrate bar mitzvahs
Brett Smiley and David Cicilline join 11 others in a group ceremony after 18 months of study for those celebrating the rite of passage as adults
By Sue Surkes
Law enforcement officials carrying weapons gather near Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, December 13, 2025, during the investigation of a shooting. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
December 14, 2025, 5:30 pm
Rhode Island cops nab suspect in Brown University shooting that killed 2, wounded 9
Providence police chief says suspect, seen in surveillance video walking calmly away from carnage at engineering finals, is in his 30s; shelter-in-place order lifted after manhunt
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Police gather on Waterman Street in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 13, 2025, during the investigation of a mass shooting. (AP/Mark Stockwell)
December 14, 2025, 4:45 am
2 killed, several critically hurt in Brown University shooting; person of interest detained
Law enforcement official says shooter used a handgun in attack at Ivy League school in Rhode Island; person of interest is in his 30s, police say
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, JENNIFER McDERMOTT and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
The Palestinian flag flies at Providence, Rhode Island's City Hall on Friday, May 16, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
May 17, 2025, 8:56 am
Jewish mayor of Providence ‘disheartened’ by Palestinian flag flown at City Hall
Rhode Island city raises flag to mark anniversary of Nakba; pro-Israel group holds counter demonstration nearby
By Grace Gilson
Local residents cast their primary day ballots on April 26, 2016, in Philadelphia, as primary voting takes place in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. (Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images/AFP)
March 9, 2023, 12:06 pm
Four US states have a presidential primary falling on the first day of Passover
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Rhode Island to hold vote on April 23, 2024, when many observant Jews don’t write, drive or use electricity, making voting impossible
By Ron Kampeas
A meme about Anne Frank posted by the Atlantic Sports and Bar on July 22, 2022. (Screen capture)
July 26, 2022, 5:02 pm
‘Hotter than an oven’: Rhode Island bar apologizes for online joke about Anne Frank
Atlantic Sports and Bar says employee behind heatwave post didn’t know who Holocaust victim was and quickly deleted meme upon realizing
By ToI Staff
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Patients wearing face masks and personal protective equipment wait on line for COVID-19 testing outside Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York, March 27, 2020. (AP/John Minchillo)
March 28, 2020, 6:32 am
States impose new restrictions on travelers from New York
Directives raise concerns about loss of civil liberties as authorities seek to stem spread of coronavirus
By Philip Marcelo and Mark Pratt
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signs a Memorandum of Understanding between Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the State of Rhode Island. (courtesy, Ben Gurion University)
November 26, 2019, 8:14 pm
Rhode Island signs cooperation agreement with Ben-Gurion University
Pact encourages the US state and the Israeli university to create business startups and internships, as well as partnerships with Rhode Island colleges and universities
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Gov. Gina Raimondo speaks during a debate at URI's Edwards Hall Auditorium on October 15, 2018. (Matthew J. Lee/Getty Images via JTA)
October 24, 2019, 8:27 am
Rhode Island governor meets Jewish anti-ICE group, backs ban on private prisons
After meeting with local Never Again chapter, Gov. Raimondo announces she would support legislation against opening such jails, although no such state bill is under consideration
By JTA
In this still image from video provided by WLNE-TV, protesters blocking an entrance to the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility begin to move as a pickup truck approaches, Wednesday night, Aug. 14, 2019, in Central Falls, R.I. (WLNE-TV via AP)
August 16, 2019, 11:24 pm
ICE officer who drove his truck into row of Jewish protesters resigns
Investigation into actions of Captain Thomas Woodworth outside detention center is ongoing; protest was part of opposition to Trump’s immigration policy
By JTA
In this still image from video provided by WLNE-TV, protesters blocking an entrance to the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility begin to move as a pickup truck approaches, Wednesday night, Aug. 14, 2019, in Central Falls, R.I. (WLNE-TV via AP)
August 16, 2019, 4:00 am
Immigration officer who drove into Rhode Island Jewish protesters put on leave
Five demonstrators with Never Again Action hospitalized after driver runs truck through group blocking ICE detention center
By JTA
A pickup truck drives into a row of Jewish protesters sitting at the entrance to a parking lot outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island on August 14, 2019. (Screenshot from Facebook via JTA)
August 15, 2019, 8:12 am
Several US Jewish protesters hurt as truck rams crowd at immigration center
At least one demonstrator hospitalized; dozens doused with pepper spray; activists say driver is a US correctional officer
By JTA and ToI Staff
Women’s March National Co-Chair Tamika Mallory speaking in New York, April 22, 2017. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Hulu via JTA)
May 5, 2018, 12:25 am
Rhode Island group splits with Women’s March
Local chapter says it broke ties with organization because it continues to work with co-president Tamika Mallory, who attended an event where Louis Farrakhan called Jews his enemy
By AP
Principal Jay Brennan of Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island.(Screen capture: YouTube)
January 25, 2018, 6:53 pm
Rhode Island school head resigns over video disparaging Jews and blacks
Longtime Bishop Hendricken High School principal apologizes, says he’s not an ant-Semitic or racist
By JTA
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