JTA – Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, gives Jews a sense of change and new beginnings. One of the ways to signal this renewal and optimism is to engage our senses: We listen to …
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BETH KISSILEFF
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9/16/16
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(Kveller via JTA) – As a young woman at Jewish holiday tables, I never felt comfortable with being the “woman in charge” of cooking. I associated that role with overcooking (too …
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KENDEN ALFOND
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9/16/16
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The Jewish Alliance board of directors began the year with aunique meeting hosted by new board chair Mitzi Berkelhammer on Sept. 8. By the end of the evening, the group had raised $181,000 to …
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JEWISH ALLIANCE STAFF
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9/16/16
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(Kveller via JTA) – The average age of childbearing in the United States is 26. For Jews, it’s a few years higher. Some of us Jewish moms, however, had our children significantly later …
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YVETTE ALT MILLER
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9/16/16
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U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr. will be the guest speaker Sept. 25 at the fall meeting of the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association, The meeting begins at 2 p.m. at …
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JOSHUA JASPER
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9/16/16
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I would like to do a survey of The Voice readers. Pause for a moment, clear your minds, and think about the following question: What is the most powerful moment for you …
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d'Var Torah
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9/16/16
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In three hundred words or less Ron Stuart seems confused about my aims, those of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAGV)...
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Letters to the editor
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9/16/16
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I have to respond to Jeff Ballabon and Bruce Abramson’s piece in the Sept. 2 Voice.
Their most glaring error is calling support for the Likud government’s extremist policies as being …
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Letters to the editor
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9/16/16
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JTA – The Genesis Prize Foundation and the Jewish Funders Network have launched a $3 million matching grant program to fund an initiative to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in …
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9/16/16
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JTA – When lowering my shoulder, planting my feet and pushing hard to make something happen, I love to reflect on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s exhortation to act with “the …
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DAVID EISNER
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9/16/16
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