About 150 kids of all ages enjoyed the music of Jewish rock singer Rick Recht on Yom ha-Atzmaut at the Alliance’s Jewish Community Center in Providence.
Before the show, there were craft …
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5/3/18
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The classic 1967 film “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” explored what was then the taboo subject of interracial dating and marriages. Now, 51 years later, a new play by Rhode …
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LARRY KESSLER
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4/19/18
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On March 23, about 100 people, including seniors, participated in the annual model seder at Jewish Family Service’s Kosher Senior Café at Temple Sinai in Cranston.
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4/4/18
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The Miriam Hospital Women’s Association is delighted that Pamela Weintraub, author of “Cure Unknown, Inside the Lyme Epidemic,” will be the guest speaker at the group’s …
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BARBARA HOROVITZ BROWN
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4/4/18
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When William Miles, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, first read that there were Nigerians practicing Judaism, he was suspicious.
“I’ve been …
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Shai Afsai
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3/1/18
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Wintertime fun
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Day at the J Feb. 25 drew a crowd to the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center in Providence. Among the many activities were a PJ Library activity (bottom) in the upper lobby with a …
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3/1/18
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Rabbi Yossi Laufer grew up in the East Side of Providence, the son of Rabbi Yehoshua Laufer, who still serves at Chabad of Providence/Chabad of Rhode Island, on Hope Street.
Laufer …
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SAM SERBY
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2/15/18
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Over 500 students and community members learned, shared and strategized with experts on the best ways to tell Israel’s story and combat anti-Semitism, during StandWithUs’ …
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BRACHA STUART
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2/15/18
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In his new book, “The Sacred Now: Cultivating Jewish Spiritual Consciousness” (Wipf & Stock, $18), Rabbi Mark Elber lays out a compelling case for engaging seriously with Jewish …
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JUDY KAYE
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2/15/18
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It’s hard to believe that in just under five months, J-Camp will begin at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center, in Providence. Every year, once camp is over, I get asked when we …
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SETH FINKLE
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2/3/18
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