New Lives

New Lives introduces former Rhode Island synagogues, zooming in on them, pinpointing them on a Google map and naming them. The camera lands at, for example, Congregation Beth Israel in Providence and highlights the building’s journey from a synagogue to its current use as the city-owned Elmwood Community Center, serving Providence’s latest generation of immigrants, echoing the immigrant journey of the Jews who once worshipped there. Similarly, the one-time home of Temple Am David lives on today as the Rhode Island Hindu Temple Society.