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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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In 2010, Cranston native Nicholas Lowinger rocked the charity world, and delighted the media, with his nonprofit Gotta Have Sole Foundation, which provides homeless children with new shoes. Lowinger was only 13 at the time, and Gotta Have Sole began as a Bar Mitzvah service project.
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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4/2/23
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Each Sunday, David Mandelbaum drives a load of sandwiches to Crossroads Rhode Island, the largest homeless-services organization in the state. But before he leaves the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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3/3/23
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A lot has happened since 2013, when Joshua Harmon’s play “Bad Jews” was first staged, at the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City. True, antisemitism was thriving in 2013, but the decade since has been even more frightening for American Jews: Antisemitic violence in the U.S. is now at an all-time high, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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2/16/23
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PAWTUCKET – The Outsider Collective’s work space, in Hope Artiste Village, is thick with paintings. Canvases of all sizes adorn the walls; a colorful mélange of landscapes, landscapes, portraits and abstract compositions. The artwork is as diverse as the students who have come through the workshop’s door, which is by design: the collective’s mission is to be an inclusive studio and gallery environment, especially for people with disabilities. …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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2/3/23
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At age 23, Elihay Skital already has a wide range of interests. He loves to sing. He loves working with kids. He is fluent in Hebrew and English, and he’s learning Spanish. He loves to cook – give him any excuse, and he’ll fry up bimuelos (fritters), with a side of sour cream.
This is one reason Skital has embraced his new role as Rhode Island’s shaliach, or emissary, from Israel:…
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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2/3/23
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A concert “is my favorite thing to do, of all the things I do,” says Mandy Patinkin, the 70-year-old actor and singer. “It’s immediate. It’s in the moment. The audience defines the evening. That’s who I’m doing it for. It’s the first concert in three years, since before the pandemic. I thought, ‘We’re all feeling alive again. Let’s celebrate!’ ”
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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1/18/23
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One day in 2008, Noah Lubin walked into an art gallery in Jerusalem. He was feeling “brazen.”
He knew the place, at least from the outside. He’d walked past the display window many times. But on this day, he happened to be carrying a portfolio of his artwork.
He knew he shouldn’t go in. This wasn’t how artists met art dealers.
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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1/5/23
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Since childhood, Kate Liberman has lived and breathed theater. She’s devoted nearly all her adult life to the performing arts, in cities across the Northeast and in California. So the staff of …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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12/2/22
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The Karp children were ready. They were outfitted with helmets and reflective vests. They had trained all summer. They had learned the basic mechanics of their bicycles. On Aug. 14, they would begin …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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11/6/22
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