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He was one of the game’s greatest power hitters, and he actually beat a horse in a race. Considered by many to be the first professional baseball player, he was also the first Jewish …
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MARTY COOPER
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5/12/16
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The annual installation of officers will be held June 1 at noon at Mesa Café & Grill, 100 Rolfe St., Cranston. Mayor Allan Fung will install the new officers. A luncheon will be …
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5/12/16
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom ha-Shoah, the Rhode Island House of Representatives unanimously passed HR 7488, An Act Relating to Education – Holocaust-Genocide Education. The bill …
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BY MARTY COOPER
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5/12/16
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Temple Beth-El’s Summer Celebration will take place at Ledgemont Country Club on Monday, July 18. In addition to the temple’s seventh annual golf tournament, the day includes tennis …
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5/12/16
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Birthright Israel – mention this to anyone who has participated and you’ll instantly hear. “OMG, I loved my trip.” Or, “My so and so went on Birthright and loved …
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YANIV HAVUSHA
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5/12/16
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Never forget
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On a blustery May 6, approximately 50 people gathered at the Rhode Island Holocaust Memorial in Providence for the first annual Yom ha-Shoah commemoration. Jeffrey Savit, president and CEO of the …
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5/12/16
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On May 5, students in grades 6 through 8 at the Providence Hebrew Day School had the privilege of hearing Irving Schild, of Pawtucket, speak about his experiences during the Holocaust to commemorate …
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Providence Hebrew Day School
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5/12/16
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In recognition of Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Congregation Agudas Achim, in Attleboro, invited Andrew Algava to speak about the 600 days he and his family spent hiding from the Nazis in …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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5/12/16
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Time travel in Israel
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On a recent trip to Israel, I knew where I wanted to go first: 56 years into my past.
At age 16, on a Young Judaea summer tour, I attended the Aug. 3, 1960, dedication of the Hadassah Medical …
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M. Charles Bakst
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5/12/16
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“If you kill the two-state solution, you kill the prospect of ever having peace.”
This was the overarching perspective voiced by Alan Elsner, J Street’s vice president of …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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5/12/16
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