NEW BEDFORD – The Holocaust Education and Memorial Committee has planned several events in April to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) on April 16, according to Cynthia Yoken, chair of the committee, part of the Jewish Federation …
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3/26/15
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BUDAPEST (JTA) – An anti-corruption whistleblower elected to head the Budapest Jewish community has sparked a crisis among the highest officials of Hungarian Jewry at a time of heightened tensions with the government.
The …
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Cnaan Liphshiz
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12/4/14
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As spring is welcomed into our lives this year (as much as or perhaps more than at any point in recent memory), so too comes the annual evaluation of what needs to be done around the exterior and interior of one’s home.
Often at the top of the …
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Tom Lopatosky
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3/13/14
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Just a few weeks ago, 22 LGBTQ Jews from around the world, current and future community leaders, joined A Wider Bridge on our third annual LGBTQ journey to Israel, and these were among the many powerful words participants used to describe the …
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Arthur Slepian
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12/5/13
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PROVIDENCE – The Community Relations Council of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island will host a seminar on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (the ACA), which has been nicknamed “Obamacare.”
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Marty Cooper
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9/12/13
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JTA – Some 28 projects to increase outreach to intermarried families will receive funding under a matching grants program between the Jewish Funders Network and the Genesis Prize.
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5/27/16
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On July 14 at an evening reception in Providence, the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAGV) presented Temple Emanu-El, Providence, with a framed certificate of appreciation as Partner …
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8/4/16
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September is now upon us, and summer’s end is in sight. You know what this means: the High Holy Days are coming!
The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island is partnering with synagogues …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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9/16/16
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JTA – This season promised to be a banner year for Jewish Major League Baseball players – and by and large, the class of ’16 fared pretty well. Many had their best seasons in years …
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RON KAPLAN
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10/28/16
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Temple Habonim’s annual Sunday Film Series kicks off on Sunday April 30, at 3:30 p.m. with the showing of “Arranged.” Rachel is an Orthodox Jew, and Nasira a Muslim of Syrian …
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4/27/17
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