On the evening of March 26, at a women’s gathering to mark the second yahrtzeit of rebbetzin Tichyeh Schochet, the hostess acknowledged several dozen women who had completed …
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4/7/17
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June is a beautiful month, the month when the greening of the trees is complete and gardens bloom with a riot of color. June’s virtues have been praised in poetry and song, and back in the day, …
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GERALDINE S. FOSTER
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5/25/17
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Question: When the mourning ribbon is torn, what is the reason?
K.G., West Warwick
Dear K.G.,
There seem to be as many answers to this question as there are rabbis. …
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By Michael D. Smith F.D./R.E. Shalom Memorial Chapel
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12/21/17
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The fifth-graders giggled as they attempted to follow the rules that the visiting students from Brown University had laid out for them. Each student was holding the end of a wooden box that was a …
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TIFERET ROSE
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4/4/18
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GRADUATING GIRLS sitting (left to right) are Leah Schwartz, Gittel Golden, Leah Zimmerman, Rivkah Taitelbaum. They will be attending the New England Academy of Torah next year.
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7/5/19
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Providence Hebrew Day School celebrated several graduations this year.
PHDS Pre-Kers and their parents enjoyed a special ending program on Thursday, June 10. The classroom teachers – …
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7/2/21
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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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Ari Shapiro doesn’t seem to fit the mold of a cabaret performer. After all, the NPR journalist is best known as one of the co-hosts of the afternoon news and features radio show “All …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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6/15/23
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PROVIDENCE – Following stimulating book discussions in May and June, the Rochambeau Library will continue “Stories of Exile,” sponsored by the Yiddish Book Center, in October and …
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LEE TEVEROW
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9/3/23
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Kate-Lynne Laroche , executive director of the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association, has resigned effective April 5.
Laroche said she is leaving to spend more time with her young family. …
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4/5/24
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