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RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – An ancient Torah scroll once owned by a Brazilian emperor had been removed from Brazil’s National Museum for restoration prior to the massive fire that engulfed the …
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MARCUS M. GILBAN
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9/7/18
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PROVIDENCE – To commemorate four decades of interfaith work by Rabbi Wayne Franklin, Temple Emanu-El will host a special event on April 7 on the importance of continuing this dialogue in …
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NOEL RUBINTON
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2/28/19
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PROVIDENCE – It’s an innovative idea: Fighting terrorism by bankrupting terrorist organizations. But that’s exactly what Israeli attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner is working to …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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10/31/19
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The year 2020 will certainly go down as memorable – and not necessarily in a good way. We started out the new decade full of promise in the Rhode Island Jewish community, in the United States …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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12/3/20
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CRANSTON – Touro Fraternal Association has announced the awarding of a total of $22,500 in student financial aid to six students who are pursuing higher education in the coming academic year.
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9/3/23
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5/10/24
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Rhode Islanders answered the call on Super Sunday, Dec. 13, to help ensure a strong future for the Jewish community in Rhode Island. Volunteers gathered on Sunday, as well as at follow-up phone-a-thons, to raise $94,547, putting the Jewish Alliance …
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HILLARY SCHULMAN
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12/25/15
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Tishrei is among the most well-known months on the Hebrew calendar because it contains the High Holy Days and marks the beginning of the year. Or so it seems.
Indeed, to modern-day Jews, Rosh Hashanah is considered the Jewish …
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MAAYAN JAFFE
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9/3/15
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Melanie Duhamel, a senior at Hartwick College, in Oneonta, New York, offers the following comments on being a volunteer:
“The main reason I started volunteering at the To Life Center Adult Day Services and The Louis and Goldie Chester Full …
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4/13/15
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JTA – What made headlines (in Israel, the U.S. and around the world) in 2014? Here’s JTA’s annual news quiz:
1. Palestinian officials apologized to Czech authorities after the Palestinian envoy to Prague, Jamal Al-Jamal, was killed in …
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JTA STAFF
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1/2/15
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