If you missed the first couple of years of this annual event, you don’t want to miss out again. The Great Rhode Island Challah Bake is back for a third year. As with each year, the promise is for an amazing event, according to organizers.
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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10/28/16
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Rhode Islanders Samantha Levin-Kent and Daniel Freeman are thrilled that they’ll be among those representing the United States in the Maccabiah Games, the Jewish equivalent of the Olympics, in …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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10/13/16
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JTA – October marks the beginning of a new year, a time of fresh starts and second chances – and playoff baseball, the climax of a summer of (we still insist) American Jewry’s …
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JTA STAFF
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10/13/16
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If you had asked me when I started this journey where I thought I’d be eight months later, I would never have guessed here.
Since embarking on this commitment to fitness, I …
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KARA MARZIALI
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10/13/16
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I had a dilemma. My second day in Havana was fast approaching and I was getting anxious. Thursday was the 12th anniversary of my father’s yahrtzeit and I had no idea where I would say Kaddish …
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STANLEY WACHTENHEIM
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10/13/16
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Brown RISD Hillel is excited to announce the inaugural exhibition of the updated and expanded collection of “Traces of Memory: A Contemporary Look at the Jewish Past in Poland” from the …
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10/13/16
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What better way to start the Jewish New Year than with a Jewish book?
President Shimon Peres said, “I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single …
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LARRY KATZ
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10/13/16
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NEWPORT – There are often surprises at Touro Synagogue. Rosh Hashanah was no exception.
On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, I settled into my second row seat, carefully positioned to have a …
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AARON GINSBURG
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10/13/16
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The concept of “mindfulness” has emerged relatively recently as an important component of one’s well-being. Thrive RI, a new mindfulness meditation group, aims to …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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10/13/16
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On Sept. 22, Brown Students for Israel (BSI) heralded the start of the new school year with an event titled “Coexistence and the Environment: Cooperation at the Arava Institute.”
The …
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MICHELLE SCHEIN
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10/13/16
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