There were many possible ways to celebrate Rabbi Sarah Mack’s 20 years of service at Providence’s Temple Beth-El, but no celebration would have been tastier than the World Series of …
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11/6/23
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PROVIDENCE – The Women’s Alliance welcomed Gail Becker, entrepreneur and founder of Caulipower, for a women-focused evening at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community …
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5/10/24
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On March 22, more than 40 people attended an afternoon of films sponsored by Congregation Beth David (CBD), Narragansett, and pro-Israel StandWithUs/RI.
One of the two movies that StandWithUs RI chapter contributed is “Forgotten Refugees.” …
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Howard Brown
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4/13/15
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In 2002, the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, Mass., opened a new exhibit, Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business, which celebrated the accomplishments of female entrepreneurs. Inspired by this exhibit, Gail Reimer, Director of the …
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Toby Rossner
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3/27/14
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From the brink of war, the Middle East has moved at dizzying speed to the cusp of peace. Or so we have been led to believe.
The issues at hand are Iran and Syria – and incidentally, there is good reason to feel some relief from that fact, …
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Ben Cohen
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9/30/13
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JERUSALEM – Mariusz Robert Aoflko, a 64-year-old Jewish attorney in Krakow, grew up thinking he was a Polish Catholic.
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Jake Sharfman
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6/6/13
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – The Chinese government has agreed to send two giant pandas to a zoo in Israel.
The gift will be conferred on the Haifa Zoo if Chinese panda experts agree that the conditions there will be appropriate for the animals, …
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12/4/14
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JTA – A group of Israeli high school students came in second place at an international robotics competition in Shanghai, China.
The students were granted an Inspiration Award in the For …
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9/1/16
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JTA – October marks the beginning of a new year, a time of fresh starts and second chances – and playoff baseball, the climax of a summer of (we still insist) American Jewry’s …
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JTA STAFF
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10/13/16
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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 …
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1/20/17
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