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What do you think of when you hear the word “map”? Are you transported to your high school geography class and countless hours of memorization using index cards? To the days before GPS? What if that same word were to stand for more than just a … more
TEL AVIV (JTA) – When Israelis head to the polls for the March 17 elections, 26 parties will be vying for the Knesset’s 120 seats – including such fringe groups as the Pirate Party, which supports total government transparency and freedom of … more
WASHINGTON, D.C. – “People with disabilities belong in the center of the room, not the back. This is especially so in our synagogues,” said Janet Livingston, co-chair of the Jewish Federations of North America Disability Committee. On … more
Tuesday (Feb. 24) we served as Dean for the Day and over the course of the day we really had lots of fun and learned more about the functioning of the school and community. We assisted Rabbi Scheinerman in making the weekly picture page, toured … more
There seems to be an invisible rope relentlessly tugging at our hearts and minds to question not only our rich past but the great horror that enveloped it.  Like many Jews today, Alan Metnick, a Providence-based photographer and artist, felt … more
Judy Nagle is just one of the many caring, loving teachers helping to shape the lives of the children at the David C. Isenberg Family Early Childhood Center. This year, there are 28 teachers at the ECC and each one  – like Judy  – is … more
This multifaceted, seven-session course is a look through a Jewish lens at issues of aging, making meaningful choices for end of life, planning for one’s own “good death” and talking with loved ones about one’s end-of-life wishes. Panel … more
Alan “Shlomo” Veingrad, the only Jewish player on the Super Bowl XXVII Champion Dallas Cowboy team in 1993, will share his riveting story of self-discovery following his retirement from the NFL. In this presentation, Veingrad relates the … more
On Feb. 24, the Rhode Island Senate passed a resolution expressing sympathy on the passing of Dr. Stanley M. Aronson. It was introduced by Senators Gayle Goldin, M. Teresa Paiva Weed, Donna M. Nesselbush, Paul W. Fogarty and Josh Miller. Calling … more
JTA – More than half of today’s American Jewish college students have witnessed or experienced an anti-Semitic incident, according to a new study. Some 54 percent of the participants in the survey released Feb. 23 by the Louis D. Brandeis … more
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