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MAFRAQ, Jordan (JTA) – The purple plastic sacks fill two rooms in the otherwise sparsely furnished headquarters of a Jordanian NGO (non-governmental organization), awaiting distribution to Syrian refugees already lined up on the sidewalk.
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Ben Sales
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10/25/13
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PROVIDENCE – Envision the following scenario: You have just picked up your child from his afterschool program when he starts complaining of ankle pain. You take a look at the problem only to realize that you have no idea whether little Aaron has a …
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Irina Missiuro
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10/25/13
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Having returned to my native state after residing in Florida for more than 22 years, I have a clearer understanding of how Rip Van Winkle felt after his twenty-year nap. I am in awe of the remarkable nuances enhancing the Rhode Island scene – some …
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Ruth Jaffa Albert
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10/25/13
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New York (JTA) –Yad Vashem posthumously recognized the Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali as Righteous Among the Nations.
The Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem released a statement saying that during the German occupation of Italy beginning …
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10/25/13
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Religious Zionism and the kibbutz movement, Israeli author and think-tanker Yossi Klein Halevi recently told me, are “the two messianic streams within Zionism that wanted more than just a safe refuge for the Jewish people.” In his estimation, …
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Michael M. Rosen
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10/25/13
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ISRAEL – JNS.org A giant replica of the Ark of the Covenant went on display for the first time Tuesday on a truck opposite the Israeli Supreme Court and Foreign Ministry, Israel Hayom reported. The replica was conceived, constructed and donated to …
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10/25/13
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TEL AVIV (JTA) – Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Israeli sage who founded the Sephardic Orthodox Shas political party and exercised major influence on Jewish law, died Oct. 7.
Ovadia Yosef was born Abdullah Yosef in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 23, …
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Ben Sales
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10/25/13
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PROVIDENCE – Communications expert Deborah Grayson Riegle will share her innovative strategies for engaging communication with her presentation, “Strategic Storytelling to Engage and Inspire,” at the annual Joseph & Leba Zelniker Conference. …
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Arthur C. Norman
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10/25/13
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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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