| Friday, 21 January 2011 00:00 |  /Source: Joe O’Connor Friends and colleagues gathered to celebrate with Stanley and Gale Aronson on Sunday, Jan. 9, on the occasion of Aronson’s 1,000th column in The Providence Journal, which was published on Monday, Jan. 10.
One guest sang a song he composed in Aronson’s honor, others – including Nancy Kirsch, executive editor of The Jewish Voice & Herald, recited original poems that were written for the special occasion. Members of the media – including Robert Whitcomb of The Providence Journal and Joe O’Connor of WRNI, National Public Radio – and members of the Jewish community, including Dr. Roy and Judy Aaron, Dr. Jeffrey Borkan, Barbara and Ed Feldstein, Dr. Edward Feller, Joseph Friedman, Rabbi Leslie Gutterman and Janet Englehart, Barry and Ellen Jagolinzer, Nancy Kirsch, Ken and Mary Korr, Ruth Sauber, Hinda Semonoff, Dr. Paul and Renee Shield, and Dr. Ben and Dr. Reenie Vogel – were among those who celebrated Aronson’s accomplishment. All told, some 65 to 70 people attended the celebration. |
| Friday, 21 January 2011 00:00 |  Alexandra Wallace (Lexi) FriedmanLauri and Michael Friedman, of Providence, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Alexandra Wallace (“Lexi”) Friedman. Lexi was born on Dec. 29, and weighed six pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 19 inches long.
She was welcomed into the world by her big brothers, Matthew and Eric. Her proud grandparents are Marilyn and Glenn Shealey, of Providence, and Rhoda and Arnold Kleinstein, of Queens, N.Y. Her great-grandmothers are Frances Friedman, of Providence, and Betty Wallace, of Port Arthur, Texas. |
| | Friday, 21 January 2011 00:00 |  Murray FriedmanMurray Friedman, formerly of Providence, and now a resident of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., recently celebrated his 50th year as a board member of the American Cancer Society. After his father, Benjamin, died in 1959 of stomach cancer, Friedman began to volunteer in 1960. Friedman, who had prostate cancer five years, calls himself a survivor.
He and his wife, Shirley, both natives of Providence, moved to Florida about 11 years ago; when they lived in Rhode Island, he had a catalog showroom business, Murray’s, with three locations. In 1993, he received the St. George Medal – the highest medal awarded to American Cancer Society’s volunteers. More recently, to celebrate his 50 years of service, the Society had a party for him. “I try to help out in all ways,” said Friedman in a phone interview.
“We have Road to Recovery (providing transportation for patients), Hope Lodge (offering free home-like accommodations for out of town patients), Reach and Recovery (for patients with different cancers) and ROCK Camp (providing camp opportunities and college scholarships for juveniles with cancer).” Friedman, who does fundraising for the Society, reported that Rhode Island’s Society raised more money, per capita, than any other state cancer society in 1985. The couple, co-chairs of the 1985 fundraising initiative, received a plaque for being the #1 fundraisers in the nation. Of his work with the American Cancer Society, Friedman said, “I’m very proud to make this my legacy.” |
| Friday, 21 January 2011 00:00 |  Jeffrey Padwa has been appointed the City Solicitor for Providence by Mayor Angel Taveras. The City Council must confirm his appointment.
The current treasurer of the Jewish Seniors Agency of Rhode Island, he recently published a book on elder care. Padwa has served as the co-chair of the annual JCC golf tournament and chair of the oversight committee for Shalom I and II Senior Housing (2005 – present); he received the JCC Volunteer of the Year Award in 2001. The parents of two sons, he and his wife, Jill, live on the East Side of Providence. |
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