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The judges for this year’s Hanukkah Art and Writing Contest were impressed by the creativity in the more than 100 entries.
Participation in the contest, sponsored by The Jewish Voice and Touro Fraternal Association, increased from last year. …
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Fran Ostendorf
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12/25/15
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PROVIDENCE – Rosh Hashanah is right around the corner and many area congregations offer passes for High Holy Day services, thanks to a partnership between The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island and area synagogues.
Individuals who are …
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Elly Leyman
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9/3/15
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StatePoint – The use of opioid painkillers such as Vicodin and Oxycontin is on the rise, and this trend is taking its toll. Opioids account for 46 deaths each day in the United States – more than any other drug.
Is your pain medication the …
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4/13/15
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PAWTUCKET – One year ago, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, Congregation Beth Sholom, Temple Emanu-El, and Temple Beth-El launched (401)j, Rhode Island’s Jewish young professional collaborative.
Originating as an online community, …
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HILLARY SCHULMAN
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1/2/15
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NEW YORK (JTA) – When it comes to Hasidic characters in movies, film consultant Elli Meyer believes that the real deal trumps a random actor in costume.
But that approach isn’t without its challenges.
Meyer, a New York-based Lubavitcher …
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MIRIAM MOSTER
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9/11/14
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JTA – Employees of the Foreign Ministry in Israel declared a general strike, shutting down the country’s 103 embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions around the world.
The strike, which is open ended, was called on Sunday, March 23 …
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3/27/14
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Lisa Davis has always dreamed about running a bakery. She’s finally on her way to transforming ambition into reality. Self-taught, Davis grew up baking. As a tween, every Friday and Saturday night, she’d make bread or croissants with some help …
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Irina Missiuro
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1/3/14
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PROVIDENCE – At my bar mitzvah in 1946 – the first postwar year at Temple Emanu-El – the front row guest, in splendid finery and feathers, looking at me beside the pulpit, was my sort-of grandmother.
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Michael Fink
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9/30/13
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A window was broken and was blood left behind, but this is not an episode of “CSI.” Malka Yudowsky, Goldie Taitelbaum and Shifra Schectman, seniors at the New England Academy of Torah (NEAT), are studying forensics by performing a …
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2/27/14
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(JTA) – A bomb threat is never an inconsequential thing. But 16 in one day is inconceivable – at least it was until Monday [Jan. 9]. That’s when 16 Jewish community centers in nine …
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DAVID POSNER
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1/20/17
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