Marc Mandel, rabbi at Newport’s historic Touro Synagogue, grew up in New York City and attended Yeshiva University for both his undergraduate studies and rabbinical school, graduating in 1988. …
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SAM SERBY
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1/5/17
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Is physics one? That’s the topic for discussion when Temple Habonim member, Dr. David Kagan, a physicist and faculty member at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, speaks Jan. …
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1/5/17
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During the summer, the Dwares Jewish Community Center in Providence is bustling with J-Camp kids and smiles. On Dec. 18, the fitness lobby was once again full of eager camp kids, ready for fun at the …
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ALEXIS KUTENPLON
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1/5/17
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Lighting the menorah at the Rhode Island State House
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1/5/17
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Who doesn’t love a free book?
Since 2005, PJ Library (PJ stands for pajamas) has provided families around the world with high-quality children’s books, music and other resources that foster Jewish learning and create a gateway for deeper engagement in Jewish life.
Thanks to the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, in partnership with the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, Jewish children in Rhode Island can participate at no charge –
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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1/5/17
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Teens had an opportunity to win tickets to Israel in a contest sponsored by El Al Israel Airlines and the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island. Participants were asked to respond creatively to the …
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JEWISH VOICE STAFF
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1/5/17
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President Barack Obama sprang his much-anticipated “December surprise” on Israel at the United Nations, capping off 2016 with a bang as it relates to the Gregorian calendar year’s …
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JACOB KAMARAS/JNS.org
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1/5/17
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JTA – Three Israelis have opened the only Kosher retail bakery in San Francisco.
Friends Isaac Yosef and Avi Edri, and head chef Yanni, held a soft opening for their bakery Taboon in the …
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12/23/16
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Question: When paying a condolence (shiva) call, should I bring a gift or flowers to the family?
P.C., Providence
Dear P.C.,
Except for food for a meal of condolence, which …
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Michael D. Smith F.D./R.E., Shalom Memorial Chapel
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12/23/16
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PRAGUE (JTA) – Adolf Burger, a Holocaust survivor who was forced by the Nazis to counterfeit British banknotes during World War II, has died in Prague at 99, his family said.
Burger, a …
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12/23/16
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