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PROVIDENCE – Natan Sharansky and Michael Douglas brought stories of their Jewish journeys to Brown University the evening of Jan. 28. Speaking before a packed auditorium at the Salomon Center for Teaching, the renowned Russian activist, who now …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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2/5/16
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The Eides family has a special feeling for the Providence Jewish community. After all, this is the community that welcomed Mira and Alex and their children with open arms in the early 1970s, when they came here from the former Soviet Union, among …
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Fran Ostendorf
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2/5/16
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Donna “Dee Dee” Williams, of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Homelessness, spoke to an estimated 75 people on Jan. 26 at the Dwares Jewish Community Center about caring for people who are homeless while treating them with dignity and respect. …
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2/5/16
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It was a pleasure to read Barry Prizant’s new book, “Uniquely Human,” published by Simon and Schuster (2015).
In his book, Prizant, of Cranston, reflects on the knowledge he has gained from his many years as a clinical scholar, …
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TOBY W. LIEBOWITZ
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2/5/16
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Last of three in a series
Most of us are familiar with the model of Jewish Community Centers in the United States. There’s usually a fitness center, after-school programs, a preschool, Jewish programming for people of all ages, and ways for …
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HILLARY SCHULMAN
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2/5/16
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Some people say that you must leave the comforts of home to find yourself. Sophia Blum, who left the East Side of Providence to study dramatic arts and has since developed her theater skills in a variety of locations, recently returned to …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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2/5/16
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NEW YORK (JTA) – An iconic family-owned Jewish appetizing shop on Manhattan’s Lower East Side is opening a second retail location, in Brooklyn.
Russ & Daughters, which has sold smoked fish and other Ashkenazi favorites from a small …
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2/5/16
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Rabbi Andrew Klein of Temple Habonim in Barrington will attend the upcoming 127th Annual Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), in both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Hundreds of Reform rabbis from around the world will join …
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2/5/16
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The Jewish Week of Constructive Conflict, organized by an Israel-based initiative called The 9 Adar Project, is fast approaching, and there is no shortage of ways to participate.
“The Jewish Week of Constructive Conflict is dedicated to …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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2/5/16
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JTA – When Pope Francis crossed the Tiber River to visit the Great Synagogue of Rome on Jan. 17, he became the third pontiff to do so. But his 1.5-mile journey to the towering Tempio Maggiore showed that what was once unthinkable is now the norm. …
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RUTH ELLEN GRUBER
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1/22/16
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