Members of the URI Hillel Board and staff and members of the URI AEPi chapter mingled at the Norman M. Fain Hillel Center before their meetings on Oct. 19.
Attending the meeting are: (seated left to right) Louis Kirschenbaum Seth Finkle, Arthur …
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Professor Richard Landes will speak about “Threats to Academic Freedom and the Jewish Community in the Early 21st Century: Case Study of Connecticut College, Spring 2015” on Nov. 12 at Providence’s Congregation Beth Sholom.
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Shai Afsai
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Rick Granoff and Lawrence Sadwin co-chaired the recent Bradley Hospital Play4Bradley Kids Golf Tournament at Ledgemont Country Club. On Sept. 21, 120 golfers raised more than $91,000 to support the hospital’s most pressing needs and underwrite its …
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JTA – A foundation established to honor the hundreds of “Monuments Men” who saved more than 5 million artworks stolen by the Nazis is closing for financial reasons.
The Dallas-based Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art …
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The Providence Civic Orchestra of Senior Citizens headlined a Kosher Senior Café get-together Oct. 23 at the Dwares JCC. Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza introduced the orchestra, made up of about 25 older and retired musicians. About 60 people …
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Rabbi Raphael Kanter will be honored by The Inter-Church-Council (ICC) of Greater New Bedford on Nov. 1 with the Sydney Adams Award for Clergy. The award, named for the longest-serving minister of the ICC, honors those members of the clergy …
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As a teacher of film history, I show “classic” movies of yore and compare them to recent fare, adding commentary about their contexts. Here is such a comparison between then and now on-screen.
Sabu, the Indian stable boy who was the …
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Mike Fink
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“Walk with the Enemy” has not, as of this writing, come to our town. I found it in North Attleboro and read the reviews on Google. The critics panned it as trite and naïve. I beg to differ! I found this strange and haunting visual version …
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PORT CHARLOTTE, FLA. – Sidney E. Berger, 94, died Oct. 15 at Harbor Terrace (Southport Square) in Port Charlotte. He was the husband of the late Josephine (Berns) Berger. Born in Roselle Park, N.J., a son of the late Maurice and Rose (Superior) …
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Edward S. Feldman died Oct. 23 at Tockwotton on the Waterfront. He was the beloved husband of Zelda (Banks) Feldman. Born in Providence, a son of the late Reuben and Augusta (Rothman) Feldman, he had lived in Cranston and …
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