How is this year’s Passover Seder different from all other Seders? More often than not, the answer might be, “Nothing’s different at all.” David Silberman’s Haggadah offers not one, but six possible solutions for Seder …
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Jacob Kamaras
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3/26/15
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On Dec. 7, the women of Temple Beth-El’s Sisterhood, along with members of the Providence community, gathered to enjoy an afternoon of fashion, food and philanthropy at the first ever Right Off the Runway event.
Co-chaired by Cheryl Greenfield …
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Lindsay Chancellor
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12/18/14
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JTA – A two-volume set of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” inscribed by Hitler sold at an auction in Los Angeles for $64,850.
The books, from 1925 and 1926, were sold Feb. 27 to an anonymous U.S. buyer. They were inscribed to Josef Bauer, one …
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3/13/14
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MILFORD, Mass. – Temple Beth Shalom of Milford, Mass., located on 55 Pine Street recently celebrated their centennial anniversary with 120 people in attendance Attendees were representing the current members as well as children and grandchildren …
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Morris Yaffe and Clare Yaffe
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12/5/13
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PROVIDENCE – As Lilliane Birch spoke to a group of spellbound seniors at the Kosher Café at Temple Am David about her parents’ experiences during the Holocaust, she told of the longstanding tradition of the act of tzedakah (giving back to the …
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Patricia Harwood, LICSW
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9/12/13
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As part of studies in their American Government Class students in the 7th and 8th at Providence Hebrew Day School visited the Rhode Island State House. They enjoyed a tour of the State House and were able to see up close how state …
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3/3/16
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The Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty hosts its seventh annual conference on May 13 from 8 a.m.–12:30 p.m. at Rhode Island College’s Donovan Dining Center. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. This year’s conference theme is …
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5/7/15
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There are many different approaches that the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center (SBHEC) employs to teach Rhode Island students about the Holocaust. As with all educational efforts, the most …
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Lev Poplov
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6/7/18
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This is the second article in a series leading up to the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
I live in the present, and yet I am writing about a time that happened 80 years ago, a time before I …
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HILARY SALK
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9/20/18
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Learn the real story behind the Netflix spy thriller film “Red Sea Diving Resort” on Jan. 13, when Gad Shimron, a former Mossad agent, relates his personal recollections about the covert …
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LARRY KATZ
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12/16/20
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