On May 10, approximately 75 people gathered in the courtyard outside the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Resource Center at the Dwares JCC in Providence to observe Yom ha-Zikaron (Day of …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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5/27/16
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In an effort to take an already successful religious school to the next level, a team at Temple Beth-El is dreaming big.
In 2015, a campaign was started to honor retiring Rabbi Leslie Yale …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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5/27/16
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JTA — A federal judge on May 16 granted control of the country’s oldest synagogue to the Rhode Island congregation that worships there and not the building’s New York-based founding …
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5/27/16
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The Rhode Island Jewish community is coming together as a result of what has been termed a hate crime that occurred the weekend of May 21 at Congregation Ohawe Sholam in Pawtucket.
A call has gone …
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JEWISH VOICE STAFF
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5/27/16
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Newporters were very excited to learn of U.S. District Court Judge Jack McConnell’s decision giving Congregation Jeshuat Israel, of Newport, control of Touro Synagogue. The decision …
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AARON GINSBURG
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5/27/16
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The faith community in Rhode Island has come together to support the construction of a memorial to the victims of the Station nightclub fire in West Warwick, and the Jewish community is no …
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Ariel Brothman
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5/27/16
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Sometime late on May 21 or early on May 22, the sign for the Kollel Center for Jewish Studies was defaced by a spray-painted swastika. The sign is on the lawn outside Congregation Ohawe Sholam on …
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5/22/16
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Susan Bazar, of East Greenwich, has been named executive director of the Jewish Seniors Agency of RI (JSA). A JSA Board of Trustees member for the past 12 years and past board president, she is an …
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5/18/16
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JTA — A federal judge has granted control of the country’s oldest synagogue to the Rhode Island congregation that worships there and not the building’s New York-based founding …
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5/16/16
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He was one of the game’s greatest power hitters, and he actually beat a horse in a race. Considered by many to be the first professional baseball player, he was also the first Jewish …
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MARTY COOPER
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5/12/16
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