“Unscrolled: 54 Writers and Artists Wrestle With the Torah” presents 54 of the edgiest and most inventive d’vrei Torah imaginable. There are poems, stories, essays, memoirs, plays, recipes, an architectural rendering and a graphic novel. They …
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Shelley A. Sackett
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1/17/14
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Joel Chasnoff, professional comedian, actor and veteran of the Israeli Army, will perform his one-man show “The Schizophrenic Zionist” at the Norman M. Fain Hillel Center, 6 Fraternity Circle, Kingston, R.I. on Thursday, January 30 at 7 p.m. The …
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Amy Olson
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1/17/14
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Those who read “Camp and Israel Fair” (Jewish Voice Oct. 11, 2013) are aware of my passion for Jewish overnight camp. For others, I encourage you to read it or take my word that attending Jewish overnight camp played a large role in my Jewish …
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Elanah Chassen
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1/17/14
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PROVIDENCE – On January 7, the Mock Trial team from New England Academy of Torah (NEAT) participated in the second trial of the Rhode Island Mock Trial Tournament at the Garrahy Judicial Complex. The team from NEAT argued for the defense, beating …
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1/17/14
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It’s a new year and you may be wondering what you will do differently with yourself this year. Have you set a new fitness goal or does an old goal need to be revisited? Regardless of whether you are just starting out, need to get back on track or …
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Carlene Barth
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1/17/14
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It can start out as what appears to be an “honest bump” or perhaps a “joke” at school, on the college campus, off the football field, in the locker room or at camp.
The act of bullying and its effects are finally getting the national …
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Marty Cooper
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1/17/14
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This week, Senator Whitehouse came to visit the fifth grade at the Providence Hebrew Day School (PHDS). The reason he came was because we wanted to present a gift to him. On the day before Thanksgiving, we had a Thanksgiving assembly. At the …
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Meir Mordechai Peromsik and Gavriel Schwartz
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1/17/14
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Temple Torat Yisrael in East Greenwich was the setting for the speaking engagement of Mrs. Florence Markoff, sponsored by the men’s club and sisterhood of the synagogue.
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Michael Field
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1/3/14
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Back in the 1990s, two brothers in Boston started a company devoted to spreading optimism. They called it “Life is Good” and they put that message on T-shirts and hats. They thought people were too negative and anxious about things.
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John Landry
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1/3/14
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For the past 25 years, Dr. Stephen Kaplan has researched Jewish history and thought as an avocation and has explored the experience of the Jewish people as a pathway to understanding the Jewish faith. As part of the “Time for Me” Adult Education …
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Arthur C. Norman
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1/3/14
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