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Philip Eil wasn’t quite 24 when he learned a startling fact: His father, Dr. Charles Eil, had been a medical school classmate of Paul Volkman, M.D., the convicted …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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4/5/24
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Prof. Benny Bar-Lavi has only lived in Providence since last summer, but he is already a busy man. A course he co-taught at Providence College, “Jews and Christians in Dialogue,” was …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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3/1/24
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What do Will Smith, Salma Hayek and Brad Pitt have in common? They’re all famous performers, of course. But they have also all trained with Howard Fine, a revered acting coach based in Los …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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2/2/24
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We can’t show you a picture of Tal. We can’t even tell you her last name. We can say she’s 25 and grew up in Israel, but we’re discouraged from naming her hometown.
Tal served in the Israeli military from 2016 to 2018, but that’s all we can say about it. She is now the shlichah – an emissary from Israel – for two ...
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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1/8/24
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A dozen seniors sit in a semicircle and dance. They raise their arms, tap their toes and swivel in their chairs. They follow the movements of their gregarious instructor, Rachel Balaban, as the …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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1/7/24
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On Nov. 7, a strongly worded editorial appeared in the Boston Globe urging a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. “We recognize Israel’s right to defend itself,” read an oft-quoted …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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12/6/23
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Long before he became the new rabbi at Temple Torat Yisrael, in East Greenwich, Ari Saks was a Philadelphia teenager who just wanted to write about sports. His only …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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12/3/23
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If anyone has seriously debated what to do with their career, it’s Lindsay Kuhn. The 43-year-old entrepreneur takes an interest in everything, and she has found success as a student, teacher, …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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12/1/23
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Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer remembers the summer when a teenage boy drowned, 12 years before she became director of spiritual engagement at Congregation Beth Sholom, in Providence.
It was 2011 , …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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11/6/23
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“Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America” is not your typical biography.
Yes, the subject is the cheesy, soap opera-like world of professional wrestling, but the book is a serious investigation into the WWE showman’s …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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10/5/23
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