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Winners on trial
The New England Academy of Torah (NEAT) Mock Trial team recently beat the team from Portsmouth High School in the Rhode Island state playoffs. After winning two trials out of three on their way to … more
The Kurc family of Radom, Poland, in the early 1930s.
In World War II Poland, author Georgia Hunter’s family were ‘the lucky ones’
When Georgia Hunter was 15, one of her teacher at the Moses Brown School, Ransom Griffin, assigned her class a family “I-Search” project.   Hunter chose to interview her … more
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An ordinary mother’s letters and poems tell of the heartbreak of life under the Third Reich
“Dancing on a Powder Keg: The Intimate Voice of a Young Mother and Author, Her Letters Composed in the Lengthening Shadow of Hitler’s Third Reich; Her Poems from the Theresienstadt … more
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Mordechai Bielory was the winner of the recent geography competition.
Students compete in PHDS geography bee
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 16, Providence Hebrew Day School students participated in the National Geographic Bee for the first time. This is a national competition, sponsored by the National … more
(Left to right) Miriam Karp, Noach Karp, Jeffrey Isaacs, Jason Golditch.
A strong start for Double Chai Society in 2017
On Jan. 5, the Double Chai Society started the year off with cocktails and conversation at 1149 Restaurant in East Greenwich. Chaired by Bethany and Rich Sutton, the Double Chai Society is a giving … more
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The Czech Memorial Scroll.
Our community’s Czech Memorial Scroll
Jews have lived in what is now the Czech Republic for more than 1,000 years, and over that time a rich Jewish culture developed. It was centered in Prague and spread throughout the region. But after … more
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“Mekonen: The Journey of an African Jew” will be screened on Jan. 11, at the Dwares JCC,
New Ethiopian-Israeli soldier film at Dwares JCC
“Mekonen: The Journey of an African Jew” is a new mini-documentary that will be screened on Jan. 11, at the Dwares JCC, beginning at 7 p.m. An Ethiopian-Israeli will lead a discussion of … more
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‘Jewish Yoga’ at Torat Yisrael
Temple Torat Yisrael and yoga instructor Jeannine Margolis welcome all to “Jewish Yoga” classes at the East Greenwich synagogue Tuesday evenings at 6.   Margolis says people … more
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Student in grades 1-3 perform in the choir at the pre-Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 21. The choir was under the direction of Rabbi Avrohom Jakubowicz and Mrs. Shiffy Yukdowsky.
Students celebrate Hanukkah at Providence Hebrew Day School [Photo gallery]
Dan Gamm with volunteers at the Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket.
Volunteers are crucial to our community
The Talmud teaches us to “… sustain the non-Jewish poor with the Jewish poor, visit the non-Jewish sick with the Jewish sick, and bury the non-Jewish dead with the Jewish dead … more
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