For people with memory loss , the world can be overwhelming. Even everyday activities, such as running errands or going out for lunch can become too difficult to navigate, leaving them increasingly …
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GRETA IVERSON
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10/31/19
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To Harris Chorney, being active in the Jewish community is a priority.
“I believe in a thriving and flourishing Jewish community,” he said in a recent interview. “If I can help …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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6/3/22
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For many of us, autumn in New England evokes memories of old-fashioned harvest festivals amid comfortably cool air and fire-colored leaves. But for Jews, autumn is synonymous with several of …
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DEBORAH JOHNSON
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10/7/22
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More than 120 women and girls from around Rhode Island gathered at Temple Emanu-El on Jan. 12 to learn to bake challah. The rainy evening didn't keep away the participants, who each went home with two ready-to-bake loaves.
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1/18/23
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PROVIDENCE – The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s 2024 Annual Community Campaign has begun with gusto, thanks to a generous anonymous community donor who will match all new gifts …
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JENNIFER ZWIRN
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10/5/23
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In December of 1983, after our wedding at Temple Emanuel, in Andover, Massachusetts, Betsey and I enjoyed a brief honeymoon before returning home to Los Angeles. While she worked as a computer …
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11/6/23
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NEW YORK (JTA) – Ever since Zero Mostel imagined himself as a rich man in the original 1964 Broadway production, “Fiddler on the Roof” has been a cultural landmark on Broadway and in the Jewish sphere.
It’s one of those musicals that …
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Lonnie Firestone
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12/11/15
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WAKEFIELD – “Golda’s Balcony” returns to the Rhode Island stage this spring thanks to The Contemporary Theater Company.
Running from April 10 to 18, “Golda’s Balcony” is a one-woman play about the life and politics of Golda …
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3/26/15
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Shirley Koller – artist, curator, educator – is at a point in her life when she no longer has to do something she doesn’t like. And, having lived a full life, she knows what appeals to her and what does not. Among her dislikes are: dry …
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Irina Missiuro
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12/18/14
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If Maxim D. Shrayer’s account of refusenik struggles were an art piece, it’d be a triptych. “Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story” fits the categories of a memoir, a historical work and a literary book. A prequel to his 2007 “Waiting for …
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Irina Missiuro
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3/27/14
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