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The 64th Annual Spring meeting of the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association, held in the Baxt Social Hall at the Dwares JCC, was a success.
Changes to leadership include a new president, …
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KATE-LYNNE LAROCHE
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6/7/18
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NEW YORK (JTA) – For the past three years, Esther Possick has avoided the hassle of hosting Passover at her Long Island home by traveling to Kosher hotels in foreign locales.
In 2017, she spent the holiday at a resort in Stresa, a resort town on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy not far from the Swiss border. The following year she tried out Rimini, a coastal city on the Adriatic. Last year she opted for a program in Spain.
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BEN HARRIS
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3/8/20
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – The coronavirus couldn’t dim the annual torch-lighting ceremony in Israel for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, or Yom Hashoah.
In a …
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MARCY OSTER
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4/20/20
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When Sam Cohen graduated from high school in 1942, he knew exactly what he wanted to do.
Since childhood, his passion had been building model airplanes out of balsa wood. In a few years, he …
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HELEN KAGAN
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5/9/21
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BOSTON (JTA) – Challah-eating Australian kangaroos, an adventurous cartoon retelling of the biblical story of Jonah and the welcome second-in-a-series chapter book about a young girl with a …
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PENNY SCHWARTZ
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8/5/21
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The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s Community Microgrants Initiative has funded two individual and four collaborative projects during its first round.
Felice Winograd and Amy …
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EMMA NEWBERY
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1/10/22
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4/2/23
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The Women’s Alliance Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation Foundation of Greater Rhode Island is pleased to announce its 2024 Request for Proposals.
Established in 1993, WAEF benefits …
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3/1/24
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Ruth Bader Ginsburg will publish her first book since becoming a Supreme Court justice in 1993 — and it will include her thoughts on being Jewish.
The New York-based publisher Simon & Schuster announced March 10 that …
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3/18/16
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The Jewish Federation Foundation’s Professional Advisory Council (PAC) held its second breakfast event on Nov. 17, featuring Janet Atkins, CEO of Ridgeway Philanthropy of Boston. Atkins shared facts about women’s worldwide investments, current …
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11/27/15
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