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Emunah Children’s Center boys perform in Israel.
Annual Campaign raises $2.58 million for programs Sixty percent of the funds remain in R.I. By Nancy Kirsch
nkirsch@shalomri.org PROVIDENCE – “Money makes the world go ‘round,” sang Joel Gray and Liza Minnelli in “Cabaret.” More than 300 Jewish programs in greater Rhode Is-
land, Israel and around the world will go ‘round, thanks to Alliance investments of $2.58 million. By comparison, $2.59 was allocated last year. Calling himself fortunate that his Alliance colleagues
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Acclaimed Israeli singer Noa will perform in concert
Politically-inclined musician sang for President Barack Obama in Israel By Nancy Kirsch
nkirsch@shalomri.org PROVIDENCE – Cher, Madonna, Prince, Bono, Sting and Adele: To this list of single-named rock stars, add Noa! Known in Israel by her given name Achinoam Nini, Noa is Israel’s leading international concert and recording artist. She will perform for local audiences at Temple Beth-El on Sunday, April 21 as the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s fi nal signature event of Israel@Sixty-five celebrations. Noa talked with The Voice & Herald in a Skyped
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Gardening is part of day school’s full curriculum
By Jamie Faith Woods
Special to The Voice & Herald PROVIDENCE – Spring at the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island means students can once again get their hands dirty – in our school garden.
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interview several weeks ago. Excerpts of the interview follow. Q: You sing pop, rock, blues, rhythm and blues, folk … and in so many different languages. How did that come to be? A: I speak English, Hebrew, Italian, French and [I am] pretty fair in Spanish. Sometimes when I visit different countries, I will try to learn a folk song or a children’s song in their language. [It’s a] way to say ‘thank you’ to an audience [who listened] to my original songs in my culture [and
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This is the fourth school year JCDSRI is home to an outdoor garden and garden education program. Recently, fi fth graders marveled over their tulips, planted in the fall of 2011, which are coming up in the shape of
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Annabelle, in 2011, didn’t need the magnifying glass she holds to discover peppers in the JCDSRI garden.
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