WASHINGTON (JTA) – The Republican Jewish Coalition said it reached 25,000 people on a day of campaigning in Jewish neighborhoods in swing states where incumbent Republican senators are at risk.
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9/16/16
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BY ARIEL BROTHMAN
It took author Glenn Kurtz four years to track down the seven people seen in some 16 mm footage his grandfather shot in 1938 in Poland. Recorded in a small, predominantly …
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9/16/16
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About 30 of Rhode Island’s future Jewish leaders gathered at Camp JORI, in Wakefield, during the last weekend of August to celebrate their Judaism with prayer, friendship, and various …
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HILLARY SCHULMAN
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9/16/16
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The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s board room came alive Sept. 8 during a special news conference to celebrate the signing of the Holocaust-Genocide bill. The program featured …
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Marty Cooper
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9/16/16
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JTA – A stabbing and car-ramming epidemic in Israel that some called a third intifada was among the most dominant Jewish stories …
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Ben Harris
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9/15/16
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TEL AVIV (JTA) – The Jewish state has nearly made it through another Jewish year and, as always, there was plenty to kvetch about in 5776.
But Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New …
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Andrew Tobin
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9/15/16
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The month of Elul is here, the time for reflection, penitence, and asking forgiveness of those we may have wronged. We greet people we meet with wishes for a good year. To family and friends near and …
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GERALDINE S. FOSTER
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9/15/16
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HaZamir high school choir to hold auditions in Providence
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HaZamir: the International Jewish High School Choir – HaZamir Providence, conducted by Cantor Brian Mayer, will hold an open house and auditions (no preparation necessary) on Sunday, Sept. 11, …
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9/1/16
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Freewheeling Jews
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What is it about Jews and cars? Almost everywhere I travel, including Little Rhody, I notice businesses, bumper stickers and license plates with Jewish names and messages. Don’t worry, …
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George M. Goodwin
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9/1/16
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As I entered Lincoln Park Cemetery, I noticed some people who were washing their hands at a small fountain near the entrance. What is the purpose of this?
P.J. North Kingstown
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Michael D. Smith F.D./R.E.
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9/1/16
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