PROVIDENCE – How can schools meet the individual academic needs of their students while teaching to 21st century standards and utilizing modern technology in a fiscally responsible and sustainable manner?
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Laurel Silverman
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9/12/13
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PROVIDENCE – Sunday, Sept. 15 is the first day of class this year, and students in grades 8 – 12 can still enroll in Harry Elkin Midrasha Community High School classes. Class topics include “Fasting, Praying and Community Responsibility” …
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9/12/13
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PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s own “Reading with Robin,” aka Robin Kall Homonoff, will host “An Evening of Authors,” on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 6 – 10 p.m.; registration begins at 6 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m.
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9/12/13
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PROVIDENCE – In tribute to the Jewish heritage of The Miriam Hospital, Jeff Brier, chair of the hospital’s Jewish Tradition Advisory Committee and past chair of The Miriam Hospital and The Miriam Hospital Foundation boards of trustees, blew the …
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9/12/13
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PROVIDENCE – The Community Relations Council of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island will host a seminar on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (the ACA), which has been nicknamed “Obamacare.”
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Marty Cooper
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9/12/13
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – The start of the Jewish New Year is filled with holy days, among them four foundational celebrations: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simhat Torah-Shemini Atzeret.
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Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
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8/30/13
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NEWPORT – In 1763 in Newport, a lovely new building was dedicated to accommodate the growing Jewish congregation. Today, 250 years later, that same building, Touro Synagogue, still stands as the oldest synagogue in America; yet, it is not a …
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Sam Shamoon and Linda Shamoon
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8/30/13
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NEW YORK (JTA) – In 5773, the religious wars just would not go away.
In Israel, elections extending Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure as prime minister delivered big wins to two anti-Orthodox-establishment upstarts, Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett. …
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Uriel Heilman
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8/30/13
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In time for the 2013 High Holy Days season, JNS.org has compiled a list of the top five popular songs to put you in the mood for introspection, repentance, and renewal – and a few just to make you smile.
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Binyamin Kagedan
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8/30/13
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ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – After being offered the chance to go to the 2013 Maccabi Games, I was extremely excited and kept an open mind about what to expect.
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Andrew Mattera
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8/30/13
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