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Many of our Rhode Island friends and neighbors and, yes, even some in our families, live on the edge: On the edge between economic security and uncertainty – on the edge between hope and despair.
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Kara Marziali
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10/25/13
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PROVIDENCE – On Tuesday, October 8, about 50 people attended the opening and dedication of the new Alliance Family Room Parenting Center at the Alliance JCC. Comic writer and performer Dan Zevin greeted guests and signed copies of his book “Dan …
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Arthur C. Norman
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10/25/13
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PROVIDENCE – Within recent weeks, the Steinhardt Social Research Institute (SSRI) at Brandeis University released a demographic study of the American Jewish population as of 2012 (related story on page 1). The Pew Research Center also released a …
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Lee Kossin
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10/25/13
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PROVIDENCE – On Sunday, Nov. 24, volunteers from across Rhode Island will come together at the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to make a difference in the Jewish community, raising funds for the 2014 Annual …
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Hillary Schulman
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10/25/13
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EAST GREENWICH – Fifty women gathered at the beautiful new home of Temple Torat Yisrael in East Greenwich to hear Rabbi Amy Levin’s Rosh Hodesh presentation. Many in the audience had never visited the synagogue’s new facility, which opened …
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Trine Lustig
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10/25/13
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BOSTON – For
one with an insatiable movie appetite, the Boston
Jewish Film
Festival is manna
from heaven. This
year marks BJFF’s 25th anniversary –
a milestone for any film festival, let alone a niche one.
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Shelley A. Sackett
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10/25/13
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On Wednesday, October 2, Bernice Schweber received a Volunteer of the Year Award during Child & Family’s 147th Annual Meeting. Lansdale Patterson, the Director of Volunteer and Internship Program at the center, presented the award to Schweber. …
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Irina Missiuro
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10/25/13
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NEW YORK, N.Y – The Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) announced on Oct. 17 that Providence resident Mike Abrams has been awarded its Ellen Glesby Cohen Leadership Award. LRF is the nation’s largest non-profit organization devoted exclusively to …
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10/25/13
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Bernice Stone waited 40 years to become a bat mitzvah, but it was worth the wait. On Oct. 5, 2013, she chanted her Torah portion at Temple Beth-El in Providence. Growing up Orthodox, Stone didn’t think that Orthodox girls could become a bat …
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Irina Missiuro
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10/25/13
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With all the news on high-stakes testing and the implementation of Common Core standards, it’s easy to miss another education movement building up steam. As experts have long recognized, students learn better when they work on self-directed …
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John Landry
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10/25/13
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