BERLIN (JTA) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel was honored by the World Jewish Congress for her role in fighting anti-Semitism.
The annual Theodor Herzl Prize recognizes individuals who …
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TOBY AXELROD
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10/31/19
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People have been asking me how will they be able to do Passover while in quarantine? A friend tells me “Rabbi this year we won’t be doing a Seder because the kids are not coming.”
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RABBI YOSSI LAUFER
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4/5/20
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10/10/21
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Author Rachel Kadish will be present in person to help lead the discussion of her National Jewish Book Award-winning novel “The Weight of Ink.” The event, sponsored by the Rosen Library at Temple Emanu-El, takes place Sunday, Nov. 6 at Temple Emanu-El in Providence.
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10/7/22
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My life’s journey has enabled me to travel to eastern Europe, where my grandparents and father were born
From 2015 to 2019 , I made annual trips to Ukraine, where I visited the birthplaces …
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AARON GINSBURG
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10/5/23
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Mental health includes our psychological, emotional and social well-being, and is important at every stage of life.
Our mental health affects how we feel, think and act as we cope with life, and …
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PATTY HARWOOD
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11/6/23
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Rabbi Philip (Pesach) Kaplan was born in 1918 (the youngest of six children) to Avraham Moshe Kaplan, a shochet and Chana Dina Wepner Kaplan in Albany, N.Y. The family soon moved to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. When my father was almost 3 years …
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Andrea Kaplan Lieberman
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12/11/15
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Bari Harlam, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for BJ’s Wholesale Club, learned to strategize early in life. When she was a teenager, she used to babysit for three girls who lived across the street. That’s when she discovered …
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IRINA MISSIURO
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8/21/15
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The New England Rabbinical College hosted its 30th Anniversary Dinner on March 1. The local community and many out of town visitors turned out in support of the school and its honorees. Those attending were rewarded with an inspiring and …
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CHANA FAIGA TWERSKY
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3/26/15
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Here’s what Elissa Arffa wrote:
“My hero is my daughter Phyllis Arffa. She works very hard running and cooking at BLAZE, a Hope street restaurant on the East Side of Providence. She learned about hard work and giving to others while she …
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12/18/14
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