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NEW YORK (Kveller via JTA) – Growing up, ours was the only house on the block with a menorah glowing in the window. This should have put me onto the fast track to Christmas envy, but it didn’t. I respected Christmas, but was never jealous of …
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RACHEL MINKOWSKY
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11/27/15
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JTA – Sharing blessings, friendship and welcoming guests are among the themes that illuminate a new crop of Hanukkah books for children. The eight-day Festival of Lights begins this year with the first candle lighting on …
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PENNY SCHWARTZ
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11/27/15
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The Jewish Federation Foundation’s Professional Advisory Council (PAC) held its second breakfast event on Nov. 17, featuring Janet Atkins, CEO of Ridgeway Philanthropy of Boston. Atkins shared facts about women’s worldwide investments, current …
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11/27/15
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High school students, teachers, student teachers and college professors from across Rhode Island gathered at Rhode Island College on Nov. 11 for the Holocaust Education and Resource Center of Rhode Island’s annual workshop for teachers. …
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SARA ECKHOFF
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11/27/15
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Rabbi Goldie Milgram, the esteemed mentor of some of the nation’s leading Jewish storytellers, conducted the presentations at the Joseph and Leba Zelniker Educators Conference in mid-November at the Dwares Jewish Community Center, in Providence. …
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Larry Katz
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11/27/15
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On Nov. 1, students from Rhode Island and Massachusetts met at Congregation Beth Sholom in Providence to participate in the first of a two-part series focused on preparing students for the contemporary college campus regarding Israel and their …
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11/27/15
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EAST GREENWICH – Young children in Temple Torat Yisrael’s Torah Sprouts program had a fabulous and interactive time on Nov. 1, exploring the magic and special traditions of Shabbat. The once-a-month Sprouts program, for families with …
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DORI ADLER
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11/27/15
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Join the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island on Dec. 13 for Super Sunday, the biggest fundraising day of the year. Volunteers will be working hard to raise money for the Jewish Alliance Annual Campaign, which supports more than 300 programs and …
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HILLARY SCHULMAN
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11/27/15
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Despite Hanukkah being one of the few Jewish holidays not mentioned in the Torah, it gets a lot of play – pun intended. Shmuel Arnold of Baltimore recalls how while growing up in a secular Jewish household, his parents made an extra …
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MAAYAN JAFFE
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11/27/15
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The Mensch on a Bench is so much happier now than he was a year ago. Look carefully and you will notice that, whereas the previous Mensch had a decidedly worried look, this latest version of the popular Hanukkah toy is flashing …
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Deborah Fineblum Schabb/JNS.org
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11/27/15
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