Jeffrey Padwa will be recognized with the Extraordinary Leadership Award by the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies on March 31 at its 2019 annual conference in Atlanta for his exceptional …
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2/28/19
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Hadassah Rhode Island installed its executive board for 2019 during a meeting at The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence, in Warwick, on Feb. 3. The board will be led by president …
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BY JEWISH R.I. STAFF
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2/4/19
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Rabbi Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, a professor of religion at Wheaton College and the author of “Gastronomic Judaism as Culinary Midrash,” has confessed to eating possibly non-Kosher …
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IRINA HAWKINS
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1/10/19
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As we were making plans to go on a baseball trip to Japan this past September, we realized that we would be in Tokyo for Rosh Hashanah. We made arrangements to attend Erev Rosh Hashanah services …
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MARK KANTER and LYNNE GLICKMAN
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12/20/18
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The December/January/February show in the Bunny Fain Gallery at Temple Habonim features works by Plein Air artists, all members of the summer LLC (Lifelong Learning Collaborative) Plein Air …
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12/6/18
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Hagar and Sarah were front and center, as women in the Jewish community gathered in the Baxt Social Hall at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center on Oct. 23 for the fall Rosh Hodesh …
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SETH FINKLE
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10/25/18
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Jonathan Weisman, an author and the deputy Washington editor of The New York Times, will be among the many speakers at this year’s “Evening of Jewish Renaissance,” which will be …
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LARRY KATZ
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10/25/18
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With Rhode Island’s bumper crop of talented artists and craftspeople, it is only fitting that Temple Emanu-El’s Creative Hands Art Sale is held each fall midway between Sukkot and …
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MARJORIE PELCOVITS
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10/25/18
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PROVIDENCE – On Sept. 27, the board of directors of Jewish Collaborative Services (JCS) unanimously named Erin Minior as the president and chief executive officer of JCS.
JCS, the …
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10/12/18
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Sam Nelson is a man of many talents, and at age 99, his creative spirit remains strong. Once owner of the Nelson Rack Company, in Providence, a manufacturer for the jewelry plating industry, Nelson …
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DEBORAH GUTHRIE
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10/12/18
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