WARWICK – Former Woonsocket resident and member of Congregation B’nai Israel is back in Rhode Island to perform onstage as Alfred P. Doolittle in Ocean State Theatre’s production of “My Fair Lady.” Since leaving Woonsocket to pursue a …
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Seth Chitwood
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The next exhibit at Gallery (401) features artist Naomi Geller Lipsky and Gold, Paper, Scissors.
Naomi uses quilling (the art of coiling and shaping narrow paper strips to create a design), gilding (the application of gold leaf), painting and …
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Imagine celebrating Shabbat as an entire community, not just in one synagogue or congregation. That’s the vision of the Shabbos Project, a global grassroots movement whose organizers hope to encourage Jews of all ages and from all traditions to …
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10/15/14
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(Part three of three parts)
NEW YORK – Read about the highs and lows of the last part of 5774.
May 2014
New York’s 92nd Street Y, a Jewish center for arts and culture, names its first non-Jewish executive director, Henry Timms. …
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JTA STAFF
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10/15/14
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Gilor Meshulam, Israeli shaliach (emissary), shared these photos of the sukkah of one of his army colleagues. Hadar Marhiv, a Samaritan from Holon, Israel, offers the following explanation:
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JTA – The Helen Diller Family Foundation is accepting nominations for the 2015 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards, which recognize Jewish teens for their leadership and innovative social action projects.
Fifteen teens, up to five from California …
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Two upcoming programs launch a full year of adult education at Temple Habonim in Barrington. On Oct. 19, Professor Lyle Goldstein will lead a program on the current tensions in U.S. relations with Russia and China, “Cold War Revisited? Coping with …
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10/15/14
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J-Fitness has recently undergone some changes, and the team members want you to know what’s going on at the center. Initially, Heather C. Stearns came on board as aquatics director, and now she is the general manager of J-Fitness. Overseeing the …
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Irina Missiuro
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10/15/14
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Measuring teacher effectiveness is a subject that many of us have a stake in and an informed opinion about. Nearly all of us are products of many years of formal education. We’ve all logged many hours in the classrooms of dozens of teachers. …
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JILL DAVIDSON
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10/15/14
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September marked the 36th anniversary of the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island (JCDSRI). The community will celebrate the school’s milestone on Nov. 16 at Brown RISD Hillel with a Double Chai Benefit, including cocktails, …
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ALISON WALTER
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10/15/14
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