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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In the early 1980s, a handful of Jewish residents of Block Island came together to realize a shared idea: to hold Sabbath and High Holy Day services.
Initially, they met informally …
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GLORIA S. REDLICH
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8/4/16
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Fun at J-Camp
[Photo gallery]
Campers in the newspaper group at summer J-Camp recorded some of the daily activities at camp. Above, they caught the Israel culture group. At right, the therapy dog paid a visit. And they found some …
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8/4/16
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The continuous ringing of bells was heard throughout the Statehouse on Jan. 5 to signal the opening of the Rhode Island General Assembly’s legislative session. Legislators began formulating …
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MARTY COOPER
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8/4/16
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On Friday evening, June 24, the West Bay Community Jewish Center (WBCJC) celebrated its second annual Shabbat Under the Stars at Tamarisk Assisted Living in Warwick. The weather was picture perfect, …
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6/26/16
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Rabbi Yechezkel Yudkowsky, second from left, received the Providence Hebrew Day School Amudim Award, along with his wife Shiffy, at a dinner on June 8. Yudkowsky is a teacher at the school, rabbi of …
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6/24/16
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Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary), singer, songwriter, social and political activist, will appear at Aqua Blue in Narragansett at a benefit concert for Congregation Beth David on July …
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6/24/16
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On Tuesday June 14, the New England Academy of Torah (NEAT) held its senior graduation. Zahava Rubin (Hartford, Connecticut), Minya Schochet (Providence), and Aviva Shooman (Sharon, …
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6/24/16
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