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JTA – “Dirty Dancing,” the hit 1987 film about a Jewish college student on vacation at a heavily Jewish Catskills resort, will be adapted into a TV musical.
Abigail Breslin will star in the taped musical, which will air on ABC and be …
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12/11/15
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Rabbi Philip (Pesach) Kaplan was born in 1918 (the youngest of six children) to Avraham Moshe Kaplan, a shochet and Chana Dina Wepner Kaplan in Albany, N.Y. The family soon moved to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. When my father was almost 3 years …
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Andrea Kaplan Lieberman
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12/11/15
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Congregation Beth Sholom (CBS), a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Providence, has completed a handicap-accessible entrance to the lower level of its building. The lower level is where most events occur.
“Making the lower level accessible allows …
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12/11/15
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Somehow, I cannot forget an unfortunate experience that occurred at my temple almost 20 years ago. Occasionally, when I force myself to tell this story, listeners can hear the anguish and trepidation in my voice.
This regrettable …
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GEORGE M. GOODWIN
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12/11/15
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Free diabetes self-management classes for Medicare beneficiaries are being offered by Healthcentric Advisors, the New England Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (NE QIN-QIO), in collaboration with the Rhode Island Department …
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12/11/15
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NEW YORK (JTA) – A treasure trove of American Jewish literary news and opinion spanning the second half of the 20th century is now available as a free digital archive.
Launched in honor of the 90th anniversary of the Jewish Book …
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12/11/15
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NEW YORK (JTA) – The so-called “Kate Middleton effect” – by which anything the Duchess of Cambridge wears becomes an instant best-seller – seems to know no bounds.
She has graced the covers of countless magazines; entire blogs are …
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Lucy Cohen Blatter
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12/11/15
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On Oct. 21, Temple Torat Yisrael held their first “Casino Night” under the direction of “Wekater2you.”
More than 100 attended an exciting evening, designed to look just like a “high-end gambling casino” including decorations, …
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12/11/15
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PROVIDENCE – A temporary receiver has been appointed for Temple Am David in Warwick.
On Nov. 25, Theodore Orson, of Providence’s Orson and Brusini law firm, was appointed by the Kent County Superior Court to preserve and protect the assets …
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Fran Ostendorf
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12/11/15
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When I was in college – which was not that long ago – a professor assigned us a video project wherein we had to show our interpretation of the city where we lived and attended school. I chose to contrast a series of starkly dark landscapes (the …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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12/11/15
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