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In 1976, Philip Paige was known locally as the owner of the Paige-Young Furniture Company in Cranston. But decades earlier, a 16-year-old Paige had enlisted to fight in World War I, not with the U.S. …
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2/3/23
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Betty, my younger sister, recently sent me a photo of gorgeous purple irises growing behind her Los Angeles home. She reminded me that they were the progeny of bulbs planted by our great-uncle, …
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7/7/23
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A dozen seniors sit in a semicircle and dance. They raise their arms, tap their toes and swivel in their chairs. They follow the movements of their gregarious instructor, Rachel Balaban, as the …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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1/7/24
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In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center will show the film “Liga Terezin” on Sunday, Jan. 28, at 10 a.m. in the Social Hall of the Dwares Jewish Community Center in Providence.
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1/18/24
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He may just be turning 27-years-old, but Jamie Kaye-Phillips is already taking Broadway by storm. The former Providence resident and congregant of Temple Emanu-El is now an above-title co-producer for summer’s most recent Broadway hit, “An …
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SETH CHITWOOD
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6/18/15
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Shabbat across America will take on a global perspective in New Bedford when Rabbi Michael Schudrich, chief rabbi of Poland, speaks at Tifereth Israel Congregation March 13 and 14.
Chief rabbi of Poland since 2004, Schudrich served as rabbi of …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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2/26/15
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On Oct. 28, more than 50 community members gathered at Temple Emanu-El for a Women’s Alliance Rosh Hodesh luncheon presentation by Rabbi Elan Babchuck. The topic was timeless and universal: how is happiness defined today and how has it been …
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JENNIFER ZWIRN
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11/7/14
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Ida Cohen Rosenthal immigrated to New Jersey in 1904. With little money in her pocket, she bought a Singer sewing machine on the installment plan and became an independent seamstress.
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TOBY ROSSNER
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8/18/14
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JTA – Alice Herz-Sommer, the 110-year-old Holocaust survivor and concert pianist whose life was the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary, has died.
Herz-Sommer, who was believed to be the oldest Holocaust survivor and was still playing …
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2/27/14
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During the Holocaust years, there was only one march in Washington, D.C., to plead with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to rescue Europe’s Jews. As the 70th anniversary of that remarkable demonstration approaches, the protest is finally …
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Rafael Medoff
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8/16/13
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