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BOSTON (JTA) – One hundred years to the day of the nomination of Louis Brandeis to the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg paid tribute to the first Jewish justice at a program at the university that bears his name.
Ginsburg, who …
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2/5/16
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JTA – A nonprofit group has been established to preserve and restore Jewish cemeteries in southern Maine.
The Southern Maine Jewish Cemetery Association has taken ownership of two historic Portland cemeteries that have fallen into disrepair …
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2/5/16
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To celebrate Tu b’Shevat, Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island (JCDSRI) second- graders went on a search for the essence of life at a place where you’ve been many times.
They recently headed to the Eastside Marketplace, where …
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ROTEM GOLDSHMID and RHONDA MILLS
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2/5/16
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Four years ago the Keystone State Boychoir (KSB) enthralled Temple Habonim members at a Friday night worship service with their beautiful voices.
They will return to R.I. and Temple Habonim on Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. bringing their inspiring music …
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2/5/16
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PROVIDENCE – Natan Sharansky and Michael Douglas brought stories of their Jewish journeys to Brown University the evening of Jan. 28. Speaking before a packed auditorium at the Salomon Center for Teaching, the renowned Russian activist, who now …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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2/5/16
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The Eides family has a special feeling for the Providence Jewish community. After all, this is the community that welcomed Mira and Alex and their children with open arms in the early 1970s, when they came here from the former Soviet Union, among …
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Fran Ostendorf
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2/5/16
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TEL AVIV (JTA) – On Jan. 31 Israel’s government approved a compromise to expand the non-Orthodox Jewish prayer section of the Western Wall, putting to rest the decades-long fight between Women of the Wall and Israel’s haredi …
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BEN SALES
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2/5/16
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Donna “Dee Dee” Williams, of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Homelessness, spoke to an estimated 75 people on Jan. 26 at the Dwares Jewish Community Center about caring for people who are homeless while treating them with dignity and respect. …
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2/5/16
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It was a pleasure to read Barry Prizant’s new book, “Uniquely Human,” published by Simon and Schuster (2015).
In his book, Prizant, of Cranston, reflects on the knowledge he has gained from his many years as a clinical scholar, …
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TOBY W. LIEBOWITZ
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2/5/16
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Last of three in a series
Most of us are familiar with the model of Jewish Community Centers in the United States. There’s usually a fitness center, after-school programs, a preschool, Jewish programming for people of all ages, and ways for …
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HILLARY SCHULMAN
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2/5/16
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