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The Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America serves the state of Rhode Island and some of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Its several camps include Camp Yawgoog Scout …
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2/27/14
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On Wednesday, Feb. 19, all of the Providence Hebrew Day School first graders received their siddurim [prayer books]and chumashim [Torah in printed form vs. scrolls] at a program coordinated by their Judaic Studies teacher,Rabbi Avrohom Jakubowicz. …
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Miriam Esther Weiner
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2/27/14
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On Sunday March 9 at 4:30, young children, young families—in fact, anyone with a youthful spirit—will have a chanceto sing and dance with the award-winning Mama Doni and the Mama Doni Band as they celebrate Jewish culturethrough a contagious …
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Sam Shamoon
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2/27/14
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During a recent trip to Israel, I had the opportunity to visit the Tech-Career Technology Center for Ethiopian Israelis located in Kibbutz Nachshon. I was invited by Iris Amit, the Vice President for Operations and Education at the Technology …
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Ezra L. Stieglitz and Iris Amit
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2/27/14
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STATE HOUSE – Rhode Island Statewide Planning population projections estimate that the number of older persons in Rhode Island will increase by 46 percent between now and 2025.
“It is in the state’s best interest, and that of our elderly …
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2/13/14
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Rep. Jim Langevin urged Rhode Island residents to use the IRS and Rhode Island Free File programs to save money at tax time. These programs allow roughly 70 percent of all taxpayers to use name-brand tax preparation software to prepare and file …
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2/13/14
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When you were in your teens, you probably thought that life’s all about freedom from rules. In your 20s, you might have moved on to valuing adventure above all else. In your 30s, relationships and family took precedence. Once you reached your 40s, …
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Irina Missiuro
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2/13/14
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If you enter Eldridge Street in New York City from Division, you feel as though you had entered a foreign country. The cars parked nearby or trying to navigate its narrow confines bear New York license plates, but the language you hear on the …
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Geraldine S. Foster
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2/13/14
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Whether they’re called grandma and grandpa, bubbe and zayde or savta and saba, it’s never too early to teach children about v’hadarta p’nei zaken, the Jewish tenet of respecting and caring for the elderly. “A Grandma/Grandpa Like Yours,” …
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Kara Marziali
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2/13/14
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Sara’s Story
“My mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease three years ago. At first she was determined to beat the disease and remain independent, but unfortunately, the disease has taken over her life and now mine.
I have moved …
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Erin Gisherman Minior, LICSW
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2/13/14
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