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Carmi Mandel
Dr. Paul Trombly, left, Michael Pimental and Shira and Mark Fuller were among the more than 40 individuals who attended Touro’s Purim se’udah (obligatory meal at Purim). The Feb. 24 celebration included a full buffet, dancing and music by the Touro Band.
Touro Synagogue’s Rabbi Marc and Jackie Mandel engage members
NEWPORT – Since Rabbi Marc and Jackie Mandel came to Touro Synagogue last summer, they have initiated a number of programs, including a recent Shabbat Across America (through the National Jewish Outreach Program) – with 50 people coming for song, dance,
words of Torah and food – and an upcoming Pesach workshop and kiddush luncheon following services. Other regular activities include Hebrew classes, weekly Talmud classes – Tea and Torah at Touro – and monthly Shabbatons/Lunch and Learn
programs, among others. Other programs are planned for Touro Synagogue’s 250th anniversary. TOURO SYNAGOGUE: tourosynagogue.org or 847-4794
Rabbi Peretz Scheinerman
Ronit Stukalov, Blima Haldorsen, Rochel Lapin, Edward P. Sowa Jr. (Associate Judge Workers’ Compensation Court who presided over the Feb. 27 Mock Trial competition), Bracha Leibowitz, Shani Perlmutter and Goldie Taitelbaum gather after the competition.
NEAT advances to next level in Mock Trial competition
Local girls defeat their Wheeler and Lincoln opponents By Laurel Silverman
Special to The Voice & Herald PROVIDENCE – By successfully out-lawyering the competition – Wheeler School in Providence – in the first level of Mock Trial playoffs, the New England Academy of Torah (NEAT) Mock Trial team will proceed to the next level of playoff competition, against a competitor to be determined at a future date and time. The team’s March 8 success against Wheeler followed their win against Lincoln School for Girls, in a Feb. 27 mock trial, representing the State of Rhode Island in a criminal case (State of Rhode Island v. Bobby
Green). Earlier, a different NEAT team fell to Toll Gate High School in Jan. 29 arguments, the first trial of the season. Mazal tov to all the NEAT team members: Rochel Golden, Ariela Greengart, Blima Haldorsen, Tzipporah Kapilevich, Rochel Lapin, Bracha Leibowitz, Shani Perlmutter, Chana Devorah Peromsik, Minya Schochet, Shifra Schectman, Riva Steinhart, Ronit Stukalov, Chaya Faiga Taitelbaum, Goldie Taitelbaum, Rivka Weisman and Adena Malka Yudkowsky. Jim Lee and Chrisanne Wyrzykowski, attorneys with the Office of the Attorney General for Rhode Island, coached
the team. NEAT is the girls’ high school program at Providence Hebrew Day School, a Jewish day school on the East Side of Providence. NEAT’s Mock Trial team has often competed in the playoffs, according to Rabbi Peretz Scheinerman, dean of the school, who noted that the team, in the past, has earned a third place statewide ranking. LAUREL SILVERMAN (lsilverman@phdschool.org) is NEAT’s general studies principal. PHDS: phdschool.org.
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