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Can the universe be spawned from nothing? What does it mean for time to “begin”? Physicist David Kagan, a faculty member at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, will address these fascinating questions on Jan. 15, at 7 p.m. at Temple …
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Lois Kemp
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1/2/15
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Shofars will sound Jan. 7 at 3 p.m. to announce the beginning of the seventh annual Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty. The vigil will be held at the Rhode Island State House in the rotunda.
Speakers will include Gov. Gina …
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MARTY COOPER
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1/2/15
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“Life’s persistent and most urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ ”
Martin Luther King Jr.
On Jan. 19, Americans will celebrate the national holiday honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 1994, …
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Toby Rossner
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1/2/15
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The members of the Barrington Interfaith Clergy Association strive to bring people of diverse faith traditions together to nurture their shared spiritual bond. Everyone benefits when people of different faith traditions (or no faith tradition) are …
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1/2/15
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NEW YORK (JTA) – United Synagogue Youth voted to relax its rules barring its teenage board members from dating non-Jews.
The amendment was adopted Dec. 22 in Atlanta at the annual international convention of the Conservative movement’s …
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Uriel Heilman
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1/2/15
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – Alan Gross was imprisoned while trying to connect Cuba’s isolated Jewish community to the wider world. The deal that got him released five years later may do just that and much more.
Gross’ flight home to suburban …
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Ron Kampeas
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12/18/14
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Consul General Yehuda Yaakov is no stranger to diplomacy. In fact the consul general is well regarded and respected in diplomacy circles worldwide. On Jan. 11, at 2 p.m., Yaakov, the Consul General of Israel to New England officially will be …
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Marty Cooper
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12/18/14
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In Hebrew, the words tikkun olam translate to repairing the world. When the members of CRAFTY were asked for their interpretation of what repairing the world meant, many responded. Some thought it was giving money to those in …
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ADAM COHEN
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12/18/14
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More than 200 people gathered at Temple Torat Yisrael in East Greenwich on Oct. 25 to attend an evening featuring The Edwards Twins.
“Direct from Las Vegas The Edwards Twins” features Anthony and Eddie Edwards, twin brothers who dress and …
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12/18/14
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LUGANSK, Ukraine (JTA) – In an unheated synagogue with no running water, a dozen Jews are trying to keep warm as temperatures here veer toward the single digits.
Not moving too much helps keep the warmth under their thick coats, they say, a …
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Cnaan Liphshiz
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12/18/14
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