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In Crimea, a Karaite community carries on, and welcomes Russia

JTA – Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the strategically critical peninsula that dangles from Ukraine into the Black Sea, has drawn international condemnation. But for the leader of the All-Ukrainian Organization of Crimean Karaites – a … more

Talia Lavin | 4/10/14

HaZamir Providence

Remember the old joke about a tourist asking a New Yorker for directions: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” Answer: “Practice, practice, practice!” Well, there’s a new twist to this old joke. “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” … more

Brian Mayer | 4/10/14

(401)j presents: SermonSlam Providence

The most common question I get when I talk about (401)j’s SermonSlam event is “What is a SermonSlam?” to which I promptly reply what I learned from the Open Quorum website, “SermonSlam is a poetry slam, but for sermons, poems, stories, … more

Erin Moseley | 4/10/14

Torat Yisrael’s Dueling Artists: Everyone won!

Torat Yisrael raised a record amount at the congregation’s first major fundraising event in their new East Greenwich building. Some 130 people gathered in Temple Torat Yisrael’s social hall on March 8 for a unique evening of creativity, good … more

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My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy!

The award-winning comedy show “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy!” premieres in Providence on April 23. Inspired by playwright Steve Solomon’s own family dynamics, this side-splitting one-man show has met with rave … more

Kara Marziali | 4/10/14

Pre-K Passover play

Each year the Pre-K children at Jewish Community Day School perform a Passover play. Dramatic play increases learning and is so much fun! After the play, family and friends join them for a Seder with much of the food prepared by the kids. Happy … more

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From farm to home: How leading dairy producers prepare for Passover

Some have preparing for Passover down to a science as a means to stay organized despite all the stress amid locating and buying food that is kosher for Passover, cleaning the home, preparing for Seders and keeping the celebrations up for eight days. … more

Daniela Berkowitz | 4/10/14

My most memorable Passover celebration

The story starts in 1990, when my little cousin Rita and her mother Anna were shopping in Douglas Drug. There, they encountered Mrs. Rosen, Rita’s teacher, who invited them to her house for Passover. Since my relatives had just arrived in the … more

Irina Missiuro | 4/10/14

Rabbis’ mass head-shaving inspired by ‘Superman Sam’ raises nearly $600K

JTA – Seventy-three North American rabbis will be missing something when they go to Shabbat services: their hair. As part of a campaign that raised more than $570,000 for pediatric cancer research, approximately 60 male and female rabbis … more

Julie Wiener | 4/10/14

Next year in the White House: A Seder tradition

The staff of the Office of the President of the United States have held Seders since at least the late 1990s, during the administration of President Bill Clinton. In April 2009, President Barack Obama included a second-night Seder in his official … more

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