When Temple Habonim moved to its current site on New Meadow Road in Barrington, we had the challenge of designing a temple in what had been a schoolhouse as well as the town’s school administration building. We wanted to maintain the classic …
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Roberta Segal
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3/13/14
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In the United States, Mardi Gras is primarily associated with New Orleans. In French (once the predominant language in Louisiana), Mardi Gras means literally “Fat Tuesday.” It is so called because of the custom of eating rich foods, such as …
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Judith Romney Wegner
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3/13/14
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JTA – A foundation that distributes free Jewish books to Jewish children in North America and Israel is launching an initiative to deliver Arabic books to Israeli-Arab preschoolers.
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s PJ Library and Sifriyat …
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3/13/14
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University of Rhode Island students will have a chance to learn more about the Crusades in a new field program in Israel this summer. History professors Bridget Buxton and Joëlle Rollo Koster will lead the six-credit undergraduate course in the …
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Elizabeth Rau
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3/13/14
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On Friday, March 21, the new Walter Feldman Gallery at the Arts & Business Council (A&BC) of Greater Boston will be inaugurated with a mini retrospective of Feldman’s work. The show will celebrate his work and legacy, as well as the beginning of …
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3/13/14
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On Wednesday, February 19, students, faculty and community members came to URI Hillel to hear Shir Mnuchin, an Israeli, tell her mother’s story and see an excerpt from the documentary “Shadow in Baghdad.” The film details Linda Abdul-Aziz’s …
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Jonathan Friesem
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3/13/14
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Twenty-seven-year-old Qes Efraim Zion-Lawi, the first Israeli-born qes (traditional Ethiopian Jewish religious leader), will visit the Jewish community of R.I. during the last week of March.
Before heading to R.I., Qes Efraim will attend …
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Shai Afsai
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3/13/14
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If you liked the parsha, you’ll love the movie.
That’s what Paramount studios is betting on with “Noah,” their upcoming $130 million biblical epic directed and co-written by Darren Aronofsky. The lead is played by Russell Crowe, …
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Michael Rowland
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3/13/14
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On March 6 and 7, Providence College will host a pair of events as part of its series, Theological Exchange BetweenCatholics and Jews. Inaugurated in 2009, the program has created a forum for learning and dialogue about issues of mutualinterest to …
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Dr. Arthur Urbano
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2/27/14
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The foul fingers of World War II are everywhere these days, including in Leonard Rosen’s “The Tenth Witness,” a prequelto his wildly successful first novel, “All Cry Chaos.”
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Shelley A. Sackett
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2/27/14
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