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Ken Wagner, Rhode Island’s superintendent of education, recently called for a revolution in schooling. Instead of the 19th- century industrial approach of a teacher instructing students in a set curriculum, he called for “reimagining schooling …
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JOHN LANDRY
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3/3/16
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There’s still time to make a regular IRA contribution for 2015! You have until your tax return due date (not including extensions) to contribute up to $5,500 for 2015 ($6,500 if you were age 50 by Dec. 31, 2015). For most taxpayers, the …
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Barbara Kennerson
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3/3/16
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LOS ANGELES (JTA) – A Hungarian Holocaust drama, a documentary about a sultry Jewish rock star who died too young and a film about an investigation of church sex abuse led by a Jewish newspaper editor won Academy Awards.
“Son of Saul,” the …
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3/3/16
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AMHERST, MASS. – High school students can spend a week exploring the richness and diversity of modern Jewish literature at the 2016 Great Jewish Books Summer Program at the Yiddish Book Center here.
The competitive program, which is open to …
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3/3/16
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Who was Samuel Priest and why is the chapel at Lincoln Park named for him when he is buried in the Temple Beth-El Cemetery?
Samuel Priest was born in Lithuania in 1869 and came to New York at age 11. Upon coming to Rhode Island, he established a …
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ANNE SHERMAN
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3/3/16
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My wife, Cindy, and I often sojourn in New York City, and every time we go there, we visit our dear, inimitable, self-effacing friend Ruth Gruber, who is now 104 1/2 years old.
Thanks to a lifetime of writing, photojournalism, teaching, …
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MEL YOKEN
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3/3/16
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New York - Clal, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, has named Rabbi Elan Babchuck to the new role of Director of Innovation, beginning in July 2016. Babchuck brings a wealth of experience in the intersection between innovation …
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3/3/16
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An overflow crowd of 100 people, top, attended the “Autism Today” program Feb. 28 at the Dwares JCC.
Chairs were set up in the lobby to accommodate the attendees who came to hear Drs. Barry Prizant and …
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3/3/16
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The weekend of Feb. 13-14 was unusual during what has been a particularly warm winter. Temperatures dipped below zero. Homeowners were warned to beware of frozen pipes.
Rabbi Marc Jagolinzer of Temple Shalom, in Middletown, said he worried a …
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Fran Ostendorf
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3/3/16
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When the renovations to the Jewish Alliance’s Dwares JCC are complete, the building will have a much more cohesive feel, so it’s not surprising that the architects and general contractors are working as a team.
Scott Pray is president of …
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Fran Ostendorf
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3/3/16
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