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NEW YORK (Kveller via JTA) – Growing up, ours was the only house on the block with a menorah glowing in the window. This should have put me onto the fast track to Christmas envy, but it didn’t. I respected Christmas, but was never jealous of …
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RACHEL MINKOWSKY
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11/27/15
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JTA – Sharing blessings, friendship and welcoming guests are among the themes that illuminate a new crop of Hanukkah books for children. The eight-day Festival of Lights begins this year with the first candle lighting on …
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PENNY SCHWARTZ
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11/27/15
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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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High school students, teachers, student teachers and college professors from across Rhode Island gathered at Rhode Island College on Nov. 11 for the Holocaust Education and Resource Center of Rhode Island’s annual workshop for teachers. …
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SARA ECKHOFF
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11/27/15
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JTA – An Israeli executive has accused Avis of declining to accept his Israeli documents when he tried to rent a car.Dov Bergwerk, a senior vice president at the pharmaceuticals giant Teva, told the New York Observer that the reservations agent at …
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11/27/15
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Terrorism in Israel hit close to home Nov. 19 when Ezra Schwartz was killed by a Palestinian gunman in the West Bank. The 18-year-old yeshiva student from Sharon, Massachusetts, graduated in 2015 from the Maimonides School near Boston and was a …
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11/27/15
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Rabbi Goldie Milgram, the esteemed mentor of some of the nation’s leading Jewish storytellers, conducted the presentations at the Joseph and Leba Zelniker Educators Conference in mid-November at the Dwares Jewish Community Center, in Providence. …
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Larry Katz
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11/27/15
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On Nov. 1, students from Rhode Island and Massachusetts met at Congregation Beth Sholom in Providence to participate in the first of a two-part series focused on preparing students for the contemporary college campus regarding Israel and their …
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11/27/15
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EAST GREENWICH – Young children in Temple Torat Yisrael’s Torah Sprouts program had a fabulous and interactive time on Nov. 1, exploring the magic and special traditions of Shabbat. The once-a-month Sprouts program, for families with …
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DORI ADLER
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11/27/15
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Join the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island on Dec. 13 for Super Sunday, the biggest fundraising day of the year. Volunteers will be working hard to raise money for the Jewish Alliance Annual Campaign, which supports more than 300 programs and …
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HILLARY SCHULMAN
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11/27/15
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