On Tuesday, Oct. 22, middle school and high school students at the Providence Hebrew Day School were treated to a special workshop run by Mrs. Batya Jacob, the educational director of the International Jewish Resource Center for Inclusion and …
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Miriam Esther Weiner
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11/7/13
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The Jewish Voice sat down for a conversation with Saliha (Carol) Malik, a British convert from Christianity to Islam. Malik will appear at Temple Emanu-El’s Fishbein Chapel on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2:00 p.m. to discuss what it’s like to be a …
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Irina Missiuro
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11/7/13
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The complaints started in August: The holidays are so early this year! Rosh Hashanah is just two days after Labor Day. Next, no sooner have we slogged through a September where it seems that more days are Jewish holidays than not, than we get hit …
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Kit Haspel
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11/7/13
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Jordan Rich, one of the most acclaimed national contemporary newscasters and talk show hosts, spoke at the Oct. 20 Sunday Morning Breakfast Seminar at Tifereth Israel Synagogue in New Bedford, Mass. Rich dazzled his audience with his acumen and …
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Mel B. Yoken
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11/7/13
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The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode is excited to offer – for the first time – the Jewish Outreach Institute’s free Hanukkah Helper Holiday prep workshop. Designed initially with the interfaith family in mind, this informal, interactive, …
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Arthur C Norman
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11/7/13
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During the recent government shutdown, many numbers were thrown around. But there is one number that stands out and it has nothing to do with the debate over the federal budget.
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Daniel M. Dellinger
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11/7/13
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NEW YORK (JTA) – Since the release of the Pew report on American Jews, the question I’ve been asked most often is what surprises me about it.
What surprises me most is that anybody is surprised.
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Andres Spokoiny
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10/25/13
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The first day of Hanukkah will be on Thanksgiving this year, for the first time ever and never again! So expect to see, or be sure to put, turkey and latkes on the table. This is the only time it will ever happen.
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Arthur C. Norman
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10/25/13
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PROVIDENCE – Congregation Beth Sholom has commissioned their first-ever written Sefer Torah (Torah scroll) – as opposed to purchasing one – reports Rabbi Barry Dolinger. A celebratory kickoff will take place on Sunday, Nov. 3, from noon to …
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Arthur C. Norman
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10/25/13
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True confession: I started writing this article more than two months ago and I am just finishing it now.
I had the best intentions, of course. I planned to bang it out that very first week, but I realized that I was going to be traveling for …
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Deborah Grayson Riegel
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10/25/13
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