At the First International Congress of Agudath Israel, held in Vienna in 1923, the Eastern European Rabbi Meir Shapiro proposed that Jews around the world study a double-sided page (daf) of the …
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SHAI AFSAI
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2/6/20
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Rhode Island joined thousands of communities across the globe in celebration of the 2019 Shabbos Project in November. The festivities started with a challah bake on Thursday evening and full Shabbat …
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1/8/20
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The advent of the local basketball season raises the perennial hopes of Bruce Wolpert’s University of Rhode Island’s Rams, Judge Howard Lipsey’s Providence College Friars, Judge …
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HARRIS K. WEINER
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1/8/20
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Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo visited Israel in November along with state Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor on a trade mission aimed at fostering economic ties between Rhode Island and Israel. The …
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1/8/20
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Pre-K and Kindergarten recent Thanksgiving “Feast” at Providence Hebrew Day School.
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12/10/19
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The Holocaust Stamps Project is on the verge of acquiring a permanent home for its 11 million stamps and the 18 collages fashioned from them.
A national stamp-collecting organization …
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LARRY KESSLER
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10/31/19
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Goldie Greene navigates her way through a sea of aluminum walkers near the entrance to The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence, …
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Story and photos by Glenn Osmundson
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10/31/19
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Musician Alicia Svigals returns to Temple Emanu-El on Dec. 14 with her latest project, The Beregovski Suite. Together with Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Uli Geissendoerfer, they bring …
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PAMELA HANZEL
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10/31/19
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“Well, we don’t like Hitler, but at least he’s killed the Jews.” Those were the words spoken to John J. Loeb in 1945, by his classmates at the Hotchkiss School. At the …
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MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE
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10/31/19
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Staff members of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island participated in international coastal clean-up day Sept. 23 with Save the Bay at Blackstone Park.
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10/3/19
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