The Rhode Island Jewish community supports an Israel experience as an integral part of a student’s education and growing Jewish identity. Thanks to several area families’ generosity, …
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LARRY KATZ
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2/6/20
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There is a saying that the worst day at summer camp is better than the best day not at camp … or something like that.
Even waking up to rain is fun – sleeping in a little bit, …
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RONNI GUTTIN
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2/6/20
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I am often asked about the differences between day camp and overnight camp – besides the obvious difference that you sleep at overnight camp but not at day camp.
I have been fortunate …
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AARON GUTTIN
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2/6/20
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The sweet memories of summer. Each year, parents struggle with the question, “What will my children do during summer vacation?” Years ago, the kids played outside, unsupervised, from …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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2/6/20
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Judaism, philosopher and rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote, emphasizes holiness in time. While that might work well for philosophers, Jews over the centuries have worked hard to make spaces holy …
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JOHN LANDRY
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1/8/20
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“Well, we don’t like Hitler, but at least he’s killed the Jews.” Those were the words spoken to John J. Loeb in 1945, by his classmates at the Hotchkiss School. At the …
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MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE
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10/31/19
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Judaism and Buddhism in the same joke? Nu! After all, both traditions share the idea that looking inward is a key to improving one’s interactions with the world outside.
In the …
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MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE
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8/1/19
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