This story starts on a dark and stormy afternoon – and at first I thought it would end with a sinking feeling and a “glug.”
It began as I was backing out of my driveway in …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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8/4/23
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For Ellie Vest, a big dream is about to come true: The 15-year-old volleyball player will fly to Argentina in December to compete in the Pan American Maccabi Games.
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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8/4/23
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In a few paragraphs , I’m going to invite you to grab your sketchbook and head to a park in downtown Providence, where we’ll spend the afternoon drawing together. I think you’ll …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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7/7/23
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Elizabeth Ochs, 39, never expected to become the founder of the Creative Reuse Center of Rhode Island. But her new nonprofit, in East Providence, has already become a destination for artists and …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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7/7/23
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Graffiti. Road signs. T-shirt slogans. They can all show up in a photograph, along with the words they portray. Some words are subtle and have little effect. Others seem to leap out of the image and …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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6/1/23
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Bristol resident Lisa Raiola is best known as the founder of Hope & Main, the food incubator and industrial kitchen based in Warren. She has appeared in scores of articles, mostly about Hope …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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6/1/23
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WOONSOCKET – You can spell the Hebrew word “mishpakha” several ways in English, but it always means the same thing: extended family, from the members of your household to second …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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5/17/23
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By receiving and reading Jewish Rhode Island, you are helping support one slice of community journalism. And that’s important.
It doesn’t matter whether you agree or disagree with …
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Fran Ostendorf
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5/4/23
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If a conversation ever gets dull, just bring up the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Tempers will flare. The very mention of this 75-year stalemate will cause immediate emotional fallout, and some relationships may never recover. But playwright Sandra Laub, 66, does want to bring it up.
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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4/19/23
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PROVIDENCE – By 7 a.m., the members of the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center pickleball league are already brandishing their paddles. Every Wednesday morning, while most Rhode Islanders are debating whether to hit the snooze button, these players have worked up a sweat on the court, whacking balls over the net while calling out, “Nice volley!”
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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4/2/23
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