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In the Exodus story, Moses decides to rescue his people after he hears God speak to him through the burning bush. But when New York City-based artist Jan Aronson imagined the famous episode in which Moses must decide which path to take in life, she …
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Alina Dain Sharon
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3/27/14
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Several community members were eager to share information about their Passover planning and the haggadot they use. Here is a small sampling of their traditions.
Paula Bodo | Providence, R.I.
Our Seder varies a bit from year to year, maybe …
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3/27/14
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Ocean State Job Lot, a discount retail chain with 111 stores and headquartered in North Kingstown, R.I., knows many people in New England are starving. Its “Three Square Meals” hunger relief program, which began more than a decade ago, was …
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Kara Marziali
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3/27/14
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Author and historian Simon Schama brings the story of the Jewish experience to life in a five-part documentary mini-series. Based on Schama’s two-volume book of the same title (Volume 1 was published in September 2013, and Volume 2 will be …
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Kara Marziali
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3/27/14
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On each Shabbat and festival, one of the first blessings to be recited is Kiddush, the blessing for the holiness and sweetness of the day. The blessing is said over wine or grape juice, the “fruit of the vine.”
It is a mitzvah to make …
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Rabbi Peter Stein
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3/27/14
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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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Hillel at the University of Rhode Island is hosting a series of events from March 30 to April 4 in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Week. All events are open to the public. Jaclyn Rubin, a second-year student from No. Brunswick, N.J., is the …
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3/27/14
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My mother and father were always together. How fortunate I was to be able to go to work each day and know that they would take care of each other while I was gone.
After my dear mom passed away October 1, 2012, I could not leave my dad alone …
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Susie Adler
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3/27/14
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In his new book “The American Jewish Story Through Cinema,” Dr. Eric A. Goldman explains that the cinema provides a unique vehicle by which one may closely examine Jewish history. Goldman is a Professor of Cinema at Yeshiva University and noted …
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Trine Lustig
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3/27/14
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Josh Rosenbaum, a Providence, R.I., native, wanted to make a difference this Purim.
He spent his year between high school and college at Yeshivat Lev HaTorah and is spearheading the Israel branch of an initiative originating in …
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3/27/14
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