JTA – An ancient Jewish site located just 30 miles from Islamic State-controlled Mosul is at risk of collapsing, a representative of Kurdish Jewry says.
Sherzan Omer, Kurdish Jewry’s …
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8/4/16
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Gilor Meshulam, the Jewish Alliance’s outgoing shaliach (emissary), spoke to the Jewish War Veterans of Rhode Island at their state convention in June. He spoke about the …
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Seniors celebrate summer, veterans at Kosher Senior Café
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PROVIDENCE –The Kosher Senior Cafe at Temple Emanu-El hosted the Providence Civic Orchestra of Senior Citizens on July 22 in a summer concert program. The lunchtime program included a meal, a …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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8/4/16
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If you’re about to receive a distribution from your 401(k) plan and you’re considering a rollover to a traditional IRA, you’ll be happy to learn that these transactions are …
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BARBARA KENERSON
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8/4/16
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The Louis & Goldie Chester Full Plate Kosher Food Pantry, a program of the Jewish Seniors Agency of Rhode Island, benefits from hard-working volunteers, who stock shelves, deliver food, package …
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8/4/16
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In many ways, the Congregation Beth David fundraiser on July 16 was simply magical.
The kids, those from 11 to 85, swarmed the makeshift stage at Narragansett’s Aqua Blue, invited …
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FRANK PROSNITZ
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8/4/16
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When I arrived at the Alliance five summers ago, the institution I inherited was a merged start-up organization, one that was trying to forge ahead by maintaining the best of the programs and …
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JEFFREY SAVIT
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8/4/16
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More than six decades ago, community patriarch Max Alperin, along with others, saw the need to create a financial institution that would uphold Jewish values and be accessible to the entire …
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HILLARY SCHULMAN
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8/4/16
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The Jewish people are not known for aggressive efforts to spread the Jewish faith; most people who are Jewish were born Jewish. But what about those who Judaism speaks to later in …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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8/4/16
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Providence has just gained a new multitalented resident: a rabbi who is also a performing arts lover and new mother. Rabbi Rachel Zerin, 29, has recently returned to New England to start her first …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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8/4/16
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