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It’s a balmy August evening on the West Side of Providence. Sitting across from me in an outdoor cafe is a woman who has pushed against many assumptions plaguing public health and social …
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LEAH BOURAMIA
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9/7/18
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At about the same time Jewish immigrants began to settle in Bristol and Westerly, other immigrants from Eastern European cities and villages found homes in another small town in Rhode Island. …
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GERALDINE S. FOSTER
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2/28/19
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When an adolescent starts his or her day may matter more than most people think.
That’s according to Dr. Mary Carskadon. She spoke about adolescent sleep recently to The Miriam Hospital …
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5/2/19
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When the 60 or so Jews who summered in Narragansett began to gather for Shabbat services at the home of Charles and Sarah Koffler, they couldn’t imagine that over time their devotion would …
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FRANK PROSNITZ
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7/5/19
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PITTSBURGH (JTA) – I have been the rabbi of the New Light Congregation in Pittsburgh for nine years. This year, at Kol Nidre services on Yom Kippur, I preached about calm.
Our congregation …
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RABBI JONATHAN PERLMAN
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10/27/19
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The controversy over the first day of school in the Bristol-Warren Regional School District continued on June 29, when the School Committee’s union subcommittee heard a grievance filed by the …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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7/2/21
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What would inspire an assimilated American Jewish combat pilot to help found an air force for a country that did not yet exist? On Sept. 14, co-authors who were featured in Nancy Spielberg’s …
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LARRY KATZ
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9/12/22
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PAWTUCKET – Music and poetry filled Wildflour Vegan Bakery and Cafe on Feb. 11, as dozens of people gathered for Congregation Beth Sholom’s Community Open-Mic Night.
Beth Sholom’s Rabbi Barry Dolinger introduced the evening, …
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SARAH GREENLEAF
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2/15/23
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PROVIDENCE – The Jewish community marked the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising as part of its annual community Yom Ha’Shoah commemoration.
The evening event on April 17, the 40th in Rhode Island for Yom Ha’Shoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, coincided with the anniversary of the uprising which began on April 19 ...
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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4/19/23
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NEWPORT – On Aug. 6, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik spoke about“Two Paintings at Yale, the Jewish History of Newport” for an audience of about 60 people gathered at the Newport …
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AARON GINSBURG
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9/3/23
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