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On Wednesday, February 19, students, faculty and community members came to URI Hillel to hear Shir Mnuchin, an Israeli, tell her mother’s story and see an excerpt from the documentary “Shadow in Baghdad.” The film details Linda Abdul-Aziz’s …
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Jonathan Friesem
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3/13/14
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Twenty-seven-year-old Qes Efraim Zion-Lawi, the first Israeli-born qes (traditional Ethiopian Jewish religious leader), will visit the Jewish community of R.I. during the last week of March.
Before heading to R.I., Qes Efraim will attend …
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Shai Afsai
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3/13/14
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If you liked the parsha, you’ll love the movie.
That’s what Paramount studios is betting on with “Noah,” their upcoming $130 million biblical epic directed and co-written by Darren Aronofsky. The lead is played by Russell Crowe, …
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Michael Rowland
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3/13/14
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On March 6 and 7, Providence College will host a pair of events as part of its series, Theological Exchange BetweenCatholics and Jews. Inaugurated in 2009, the program has created a forum for learning and dialogue about issues of mutualinterest to …
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Dr. Arthur Urbano
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2/27/14
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The foul fingers of World War II are everywhere these days, including in Leonard Rosen’s “The Tenth Witness,” a prequelto his wildly successful first novel, “All Cry Chaos.”
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Shelley A. Sackett
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2/27/14
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The Jewish Book Council has been awarding the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature to an emerging writer since 2007.The winner of the Sami Rohr Prize is awarded with $100,000 the largest sum given as a literary prize. It recognizes thedistinct role …
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Kiyara Leis
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2/27/14
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On Feb. 8 and 9, New England Academy of Torah (NEAT) students, led by production heads Chayala Schwartz and Adena Malka Yudkowsky, performed “Coming Home.”
This inspirational and entertaining show portrays the effect that Dovid Mayer, an …
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2/27/14
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A window was broken and was blood left behind, but this is not an episode of “CSI.” Malka Yudowsky, Goldie Taitelbaum and Shifra Schectman, seniors at the New England Academy of Torah (NEAT), are studying forensics by performing a …
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2/27/14
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When you think of things that go together, children and animals are an obvious pairing. For the past four years, thatpairing has been turned into a mutually beneficial partnership between the students in J-Space/J-Camp and the homelessanimals of …
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Laurelin Sitterly
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2/27/14
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When you ask most JORI campers what comes to mind when they think about camp, they will most likely answer“TaCEO.” To understand what that means requires a brief walk down memory lane.
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Rachel Mersky Woda
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2/27/14
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