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The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island welcomes Noam Sienna to the Dwares Jewish Community Center on Feb. 26. Sponsored by the Community Relations Council and its LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee, Sienna will read selected stories from his collection of queer Jewish texts, “A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts From the First Century to 1969.”
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2/19/20
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“Like as May Month flowereth and flourisheth in many gardens, so in like wise let every man of worship flourish his heart in this world.”
– Sir Thomas Malory, “Le Morte …
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Michael Schemaille
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4/3/20
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Take a moment and remember where you were when you first heard about the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. I was in Tel Aviv getting ready to go to the movies after Havdalah.
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MAAYAN BELDING-ZIDON
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7/3/20
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Almost all of us just celebrated Thanksgiving. Some may ask what there was to be thankful for, as we are now experiencing what appears to be the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, many believe …
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12/3/20
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STARTING MONDAY, DEC. 20: Per Rhode Island State mandate, proof of vaccination or masks are required to enter the Jewish Alliance/Dwares Jewish Community Center on Elmgrove Avenue in Providence. Upon …
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12/20/21
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Trans Jewish writer, educator, performer and social justice activist T. Wise will be the keynote presenter at the University of Rhode Island’s 27th Annual LGBTQ+ Symposium, which is scheduled …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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3/6/22
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For 1,500 miles, Karen Krinsky drove her new truck up the interstate, wondering what she had gotten herself into. She had never run a food truck before. She’d never made ice cream, much less vegan ice cream. All Krinsky knew on that fateful day in 2010 was that she had just purchased a sizable used vehicle, and now she had to drive it from Boynton Beach, Florida, to Providence, Rhode Island.
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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6/2/22
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Nearly a decade ago, when Emily Levy was 19 years old, she had an urgent meeting with her doctor. She had just been diagnosed with a severe case of Lyme disease.
Growing up in Rhode Island and …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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10/7/22
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More Druze have died fighting for Israel, proportionally, than any other ethnic group in Israel. Find out why the Druze community is so loyal to Israel when Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh speaks at the Dwares Jewish Community Center on Monday evening, Feb. 6. As an Israeli Druze woman, Kamal-Mreeh will discuss Israeli society from her point of view.
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LARRY KATZ
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1/18/23
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Rabbi Barry Dolinger, of Congregation Beth Sholom in Providence, has been chosen to join the sixth class of Rabbis Without Borders.
“I’m honored and humbled to have been accepted,” said Dolinger. “I’m excited to learn and study with …
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Fran Ostendorf
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12/25/15
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