​ISRAELIS IN RHODE ISLAND

Nir Cafri will be the new Israeli shaliah (emissary) to the Rhode Island Jewish Community. Nir, 23, arrived in late August. He was born and raised in Ness Ziona, Israel, right outside of Tel Aviv. In his army service, Nir was a commander for the Hermon Brigade combat engineering unit, which deals with disarming mines, and for a heavy machinery unit, responsible for defensive construction missions, where he was in charge of eight underprivileged soldiers. He took part in the P

On Monday, August 7, 2017, the Rhode Island-Israel Collaborative officially revealed its new logo, webpage and official press release letters, English Version,Hebrew Version. We are looking forward to fulfilling the mission proclaimed in our mission statement. #IsraelRhodeIsland #IsraelRhodeIslandvideo #RIICannouncement #RIICpressrelease

On Wednesday, May 25, we had nice Israeli presence at the World Trade Day. The Israel booth was manned by Sagit Sade Attia Director of Economic Affairs Department, Consulate General of Israel to New England and Avi Nevel, CEO of Nevel International LLC, and Executive Board member of the New England Israel Business Council. During the event, an official announcement was made on the next business trade mission from Rhode Island to Israel, December 2-9, 2016. Also at the confe

Yehuda Yaakov Israel Consul General to New England's article in the Providence Journal: R.I. and Israel Connections Pay Off. To see the article click on this link. #IsraelRhodeIsland #YehudaYaakov #Softwheel #BIRDfoundation #RhodeIsland #AviNevel #CrawfordComposites #CommerceRhodeIsland

We are on Facebook! We are very happy that now we joined the rest of the world, and we now have a Facebook page for our Israelis in Rhode Island webpage. Please like us on Facebook and help to spread the word. #Israel #רודאיילנד #israelRhodeisland #ELAL #israelisri #IrrationalMan #israelisrhodeisland #ישראל #RhodeIsland

​ We are pleased to introduce you to our new logo. As part of strengthening our efforts, we thought an appropriate logo should be developed and so we created one. This logo reflects the bond between Israel and the state of Rhode Island. We hope that it will be one more step in building the bridge between Rhode Island and Israel. In the future, we hope to have merchandise with the logo available, where all proceeds will go to support this effort. Stay tuned and please shar

On Sunday, August 16th, at the 68th Annual George Washington Letter Reading Teny Gross, who was born in Israel and moved to the states after his Army service, and currently resides with his family in Rhode Island, received the coveted Judge Alexander George Teitz Award. It is given annually to an individual or institution that best exemplifies the contemporary commitment to the ideals of religious and ethnic tolerance and freedom, expressed in President George Washington's 17