The Jewish Educators Assembly (JEA), an arm of the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism (USCJ), is excited to announce that Dr. Lawrence Katz will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award …
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3/1/24
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“South Providence Girls: A Clique in Time,” by Marian Leah Knapp and The Junior Debs (Loagy Bay Press, 2023), takes readers back in time to 1938, when a group of Jewish girls were …
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SARAH GREENLEAF
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3/1/24
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Michael Smith, and his son Adam, and his granddaughter Ariana, have taken to heart the Jewish tradition of charitable giving.
Jewish Collaborative Services recently honored the Smith family with …
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LARRY BERMAN
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3/1/24
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Bob Abelman, an award-winning former theater critic for the Austin Chronicle and Cleveland Jewish News, is now writing reviews of the Providence Performing Arts Center’s Broadway and Encore …
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JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF
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3/1/24
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When spring arrives, the urge to get outside and enjoy the warmer temperatures is natural. Maybe it even inspires thoughts of a new project, such as planting tiny seeds in hopes of a bountiful …
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KENDRA DOE-MODE
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3/1/24
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders might be a left-winger, but often he is right. However, about Gaza he is very wrong – as are most of my liberal friends. They blame Israel for genocide. …
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GARY LEIB
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3/1/24
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If you would like to better understand why young Jews are becoming alienated from Israel, and even from the mainstream Jewish community, watch “Israelism,” a documentary released last …
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NINA TANNENWALD
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3/1/24
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On our last night in Israel, the participants in the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s Israel Solidarity Mission were in Hostages Square, speaking to the friends and family members of …
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E. LYDIA FASCIA WONG
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3/1/24
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Having always loved bookstores, I can’t imagine a world without them. Surely my chairmanship of Temple Beth-El’s splendid Braude Library would already have come to an end! So much for …
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GEORGE M. GOODWIN
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3/1/24
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Prof. Benny Bar-Lavi has only lived in Providence since last summer, but he is already a busy man. A course he co-taught at Providence College, “Jews and Christians in Dialogue,” was …
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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3/1/24
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