Project Shoresh presents "Purim! Reach out and Share!" Would you like to send a mishloach manot to a friend, co-worker or relative? We would love to help you! We will provide a mishloach manot with yummy goodies along with information about the holiday.
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2/17/21
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Everyone loves eating latkes. Some people don’t even mind frying the latkes. Almost everyone loathes that post-frying, oil-laden smell that permeates the house …
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Shannon Sarna
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12/18/20
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After a menorah car parade through Rhode Island on Dec. 13, Rabbi Aryeh Laufer lights the menorah set up outside the Rhode Island State House.
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12/16/20
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Jewish Collaborative Services’ Jewish Eldercare of Rhode Island (JERI) program, in coordination with Friends of Jewish Seniors, has delivered Hanukkah gifts to over 200 Jewish residents of …
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12/16/20
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(JTA) – Move over, Maccabees. This season’s crop of seven new Hanukkah books for kids puts the spotlight on new heroes, from playful llamas to brave and kind knights on horseback.
An eighth book, “Honey on the Page,” that shines light on Yiddish children’s stories in new translation, makes a perfect family gift.
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PENNY SCHWARTZ
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12/3/20
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Rabbi Benjamin Blech, author of the article “Miracles, Human and Divine,” at Aish.com, writes, “It is very instructive that the Hebrew word for miracle, nes, is at the root of the …
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Patricia Raskin
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12/3/20
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While much of our lives will be paused in the coming weeks, Hanukkah is a reminder that the Jewish community is strong and resilient, despite often trying circumstances. The candles we light on each …
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JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF
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12/3/20
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I was born on the first night of Hanukkah. So you may understand why I have a special affinity for this holiday, my other birthday, which we celebrated with songs and stories and dreidel games …
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From the archives
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12/3/20
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In “Gods Change, Prayers are Here to Stay,” the late Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai wrote:
The Jewish people read Torah aloud to God
all year long, a portion a week,
like …
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RONNI GUTTIN
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10/2/20
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The Purec children work on building their Sukkah on the East Side of Providence.
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10/2/20
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