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In May 2018, the news came out: our immigration system was separating parents from their children. As of June, the number was more than 2,300.
Like countless people, I was horrified and …
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JOANNA BROWN, M.D
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10/2/19
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Prior to World War II, about one-tenth of Poland’s population was Jewish, and Jews made up almost a quarter of Krakow, Poland’s residents. By the end of the war, 90% of Poland’s Jews had been killed by the Nazis and their accomplices. Many of the Jewish structures in Kazimierz, an area that the Polish King Casimir the Great invited Jews to settle in during the 14th century, still stand in Krakow, though they remain largely emptied of Jewish occupants.
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SHAI AFSAI
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9/19/19
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NEWPORT – On Aug. 18, a packed audience in Touro Synagogue heard two historic letters read aloud, marking the 72nd anniversary of the moving community ceremony. The audience listened with rapt …
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SAM SHAMOON
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9/13/19
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Rabbi Barry Dolinger of Congregation Beth Shalom in Providence has been chosen to participate in the 2019-2020 cohort of the LEAP Fellowship, created by Clal and the Herbert D. Katz Center for …
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9/13/19
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CRANSTON – Jeffrey Stoloff and Larry Berman were installed as lodge presidents of Touro Fraternal Association, and seven members of the Board of Directors took the oath of office during the …
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8/1/19
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WARWICK – Chesed Shel Amess Association of Lincoln Park Cemetery held its 107th annual election and installation brunch on June 2, at the Phyllis Siperstein Tamerisk Assisted Living …
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GERALD SHERMAN
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8/1/19
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Neal Drobnis, coordinator of kosher nutrition, recently celebrated 10 years with the Kosher Senior Cafés. He received kudos from visitors and café participants and cake was served at …
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8/1/19
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When the 60 or so Jews who summered in Narragansett began to gather for Shabbat services at the home of Charles and Sarah Koffler, they couldn’t imagine that over time their devotion would …
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FRANK PROSNITZ
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7/5/19
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In the early 1990s, composer John Zorn began to ask, “What is Jewish music? What is its future?” Those questions gave rise to the Radical Jewish Culture movement, whose goal is to explore what Jewish music can be.
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MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE
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7/5/19
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CRANSTON – On June 3, golfers arrived at the beautiful Alpine Country Club to a shining sun, warm weather and a bit of wind for the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s 34th …
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SETH FINKLE
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7/5/19
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