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NEW YORK (JTA) – Germany and the Claims Conference are establishing a $250 million fund for child survivors of the Holocaust.
The fund will provide one-time payouts of approximately $3,280 (2,500 euros) to Jews born in 1928 or later who spent …
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9/11/14
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JTA – A design competition will be held for a memorial in Warsaw to Poles who saved Jews during World War II.
Sigmund Rolat of the Remembrance and Future Foundation announced the competition at a news conference Sept. 8 in Warsaw.
Rolat, a …
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – All women of Ashkenazi descent should be screened from age 30 for the BRCA gene mutation that causes breast cancer, an Israeli study recommends.
The study, by a research team headed by Ephrat Levy-Lahad of Shaare Zedek …
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On the afternoon of Aug. 24, more than 80 Rhode Island community members and rabbinic dignitaries from Rhode Island and New York assembled in the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s Board Room at 401 Elmgrove Ave. in Providence. …
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ELLY K. LEYMAN
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9/11/14
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Everyone had a good time Sept. 9 at the annual statewide Mah Jongg tournament at the Dwares JCC. “The whole idea was to be social,” said Carol Desforges, who organized the event. It was a “decent turnout,” she said. There were 13 tables of …
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Last fall, Donald and Bonnie Dwares announced a major donation to the Alliance Jewish Community Center to help update and renovate the building. The process started, and behind-the-scenes work has been going on ever since. Renovations are now in …
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Fran Ostendorf
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9/11/14
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He started with the playground and moved on to the whole preschool. And David Isenberg couldn’t be prouder.
“It’s an honor and a privilege to be able to do this,” he said of helping the Alliance JCC Early Childhood Center as it moves …
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Fran Ostendorf
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9/11/14
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(Part one of three parts)
NEW YORK – Read about the highs and lows of 5774 – and everything in between. Part one covers events from September through December 2013.
September 2013
The United States and Russia reach a deal to rid …
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JTA STAFF
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9/11/14
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To say that Jason Freedman draws monsters is an understatement. He doesn’t just draw them – he brings them to life. His creatures are filled with glee, and looking at his troublemakers evokes merriment. Like the monsters, which he describes as …
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Irina Missiuro
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9/11/14
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“Awesome” is how Gilor Meshulam describes his first weeks in Rhode Island. The Israeli shaliach (emissary) to the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island paid a visit to The Voice office at the end of his second week in Rhode Island, …
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Fran Ostendorf
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9/11/14
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