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On Wednesday, October 2, Bernice Schweber received a Volunteer of the Year Award during Child & Family’s 147th Annual Meeting. Lansdale Patterson, the Director of Volunteer and Internship Program at the center, presented the award to Schweber. …
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Irina Missiuro
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10/25/13
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NEW YORK, N.Y – The Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) announced on Oct. 17 that Providence resident Mike Abrams has been awarded its Ellen Glesby Cohen Leadership Award. LRF is the nation’s largest non-profit organization devoted exclusively to …
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10/25/13
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Bernice Stone waited 40 years to become a bat mitzvah, but it was worth the wait. On Oct. 5, 2013, she chanted her Torah portion at Temple Beth-El in Providence. Growing up Orthodox, Stone didn’t think that Orthodox girls could become a bat …
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Irina Missiuro
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10/25/13
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With all the news on high-stakes testing and the implementation of Common Core standards, it’s easy to miss another education movement building up steam. As experts have long recognized, students learn better when they work on self-directed …
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John Landry
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10/25/13
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PROVIDENCE – A new program to support the caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia has been launched at Jewish Family Service of Rhode Island. The respite program is designed to provide caregivers a time away …
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Arthur C. Norman
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10/25/13
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If Matisyahu’s promoters were to claim that there’s no other performer like him, no one could dispute their statement. Part hip-hop artist, part jazz scat singer, part hazzan vocalist, Matisyahu composes dance music reminiscent of Bob …
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Irina Missiuro
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10/25/13
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PROVIDENCE – When it comes to delicious food, the only thing better than talking about it is eating it. On Monday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m., you’ll get to do both at an open meeting of the Miriam Hospital Women’s Association. Join Chef Walter …
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Irina Missiuro
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10/25/13
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Dr. Joy Ladin, the first openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish Institution, will be the guest of The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island. On Nov. 7, she will discuss the latest of her seven books.
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Arthur C. Norman
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10/25/13
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PROVIDENCE – Just a few weeks ago, in late August, I flew back to Israel to spend Rosh Hashanah with my family in Moshav Tel-Adashim (near Afula), after spending last year as the community (emissary) here in Rhode Island. It has been a wonderful …
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Matan Graff
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10/25/13
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NEW YORK (JTA) – There was a good deal that was wrong and fantastical in President Barack Obama’s address to the United Nations last week – such as the idea that al-Qaeda is “splintering” (actually, it is proliferating) or that Russia …
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Morton A. Klein
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10/10/13
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