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In the mid-oughts, Matisyahu stunned hip-hop audiences with his mashup of Hasidic attire and reggae rhythms. The idea of a Jewish rapper – decked out in a long beard and black fedora – was peculiar enough, but Matisyahu was also a gifted...
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By Robert Isenberg
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10/9/25
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If someone made a movie about Steven Feinberg’s life, what would it look like? At 61, Feinberg is widely known as the executive director of the Rhode Island Film …
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Robert Isenberg
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8/8/25
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One frigid March day in Montreal, I bundled up and trudged over to the Musée de l’Holocauste (Holocaust Museum). I braced myself. This was going to be a rough experience. Emotions would …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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7/10/25
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Dick Shapiro delivered Jewish Rhode Island – and many other Rhode Island publications – for more years than anyone now working at the paper remembers. He passed away Feb. 27 just shy of his 95th birthday. We thought it was the right time to rerun a story we did on him in 2022. more
ROBERT ISENBERG
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3/6/25
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(JTA) – A postwar epic about a Holocaust survivor, a contemporary comedy about Holocaust tourism and a biopic of a Jewish musical legend helped lend a formidable Jewish presence to …
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ANDREW LAPIN
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1/23/25
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PAWTUCKET – At first, you may wonder: Why is there a Jewish-themed exhibit in the Cape Verdean Museum? Where did these folded talitot come from? What is the story behind this printed Haggadah, …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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11/3/24
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On May 12, Ali Hornung was crowned Miss Rhode Island. Energetic, talkative and conspicuously stunning, Hornung is exactly the kind of 24-year-old torchbearer the organization loves to celebrate. She …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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10/8/24
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A peppy pink sign beckons from the far end of the Blackstone Place parking lot, in Pawtucket: At long last, Maven’s Delicatessen is here.
The glinting glass doors of the “Authentic Jewish Deli” open every day at 8 a.m. Spindles of bagels jut out from a wall. Blown-up vintage photos hang above the booths. A sign advertises “Mahjong Mondays.” A quote from the writer Damon Runyon is prominently stenciled across the dining room: “There are two types of people in the world, those who love delis and those you shouldn’t associate with.”
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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6/7/24
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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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