North Main Street, Providence, in the mid-1930s was a busy commercial area. Stores and office buildings, apartments and rooming houses crowded both sides of the street, except for one bit of green space on the west side of the thoroughfare. The …
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Geraldine S. Foster
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10/10/13
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PROVIDENCE – It took more than nine months of planning for 14 professors from Israel to visit Rhode Island as part of a joint collaboration to continue academic research with Rhode Island College professors. On Sept. 30, professors from Beit Berl …
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Elanah Chassen and Marty Cooper
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10/10/13
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Baby Boomers are quickly reaching traditional retirement age at the same time that Rhode Island, as is the nation, faces severe budget constraints, conflicting priorities and a sharp increase in demand for services for those who are over 65.
The …
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Arthur C. Norman
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10/10/13
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PROVIDENCE – Karen Kessler, who is appearing in the Community Players’ “Fiddler on the Roof,” enjoys a challenge. She met John, her husband of 23 years, at an ex-boyfriend’s wedding. She has two bachelor’s degrees and an MBA – and …
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Irina Missiuro
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10/10/13
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Grants are available to all high school, college and graduate students who are Rhode Island residents planning to study in Israel in a recognized study and travel program. The Rhode Island Jewish community supports an Israel experience as an …
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10/10/13
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Once a month, during the school year, we partner with a grade from the Religious School at Temple Beth-El and make cheese sandwiches, trail mix and cut veggies for Crossroads RI. Each month we have a different grade from Pre-K to 6th with …
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Sherry Royall
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10/10/13
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PROVIDENCE – On Sept. 18, The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence celebrated 10 years of premier assisted living, offering elders of our community traditional assisted living as well as memory support. Tamarisk held a special …
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Arthur C. Norman
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10/10/13
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Editor’s note: see related story on Tamarisk’s tenth anniversary on above.
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6.30 p.m. –
“The Lover, The Lunatic, The Poet” – Shakespeare’s greatest hits, featuring Richard Clark.
Don’t miss this …
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Arthur C. Norman
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10/10/13
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CRANSTON – Fourteen Rhode Island young men and women have been selected to share a total of $45,000 in educational financial aid made available by Touro Fraternal Association, the largest independent Jewish fraternal order in New England.
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Arthur C. Norman
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10/10/13
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PROVIDENCE – “Open your hand to the poor and needy Kinsman in your land” (Devarim 15:11). The Louis and Goldie Chester Full Plate Kosher Food Pantry, a program of Jewish Seniors Agency of Rhode Island did just that; it opened its hands to …
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Susan Adler
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10/10/13
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