Friends of B’nai Israel Cemetery (FBIC) has taken over responsibility for Congregation B’nai Israel’s cemetery in Woonsocket, and burial in the cemetery will no longer be restricted …
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JEWISH VOICE STAFF
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1/20/17
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Question: Can I visit a mourner on Shabbat?
M.V., Pawtucket
Dear P.C.,
Since Jewish law prohibits sitting shiva on Shabbat, it may appear that the mourning family would be violating …
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By Michael D. Smith F.D./R.E., Shalom Memorial Chapel
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1/20/17
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JTA – Michael Chabon and Daniel Gordis were among the winners of the 2016 National Jewish Book Awards.
Gordis’ book “Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn” won the …
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1/20/17
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“Dancing on a Powder Keg: The Intimate Voice of a Young Mother and Author, Her Letters Composed in the Lengthening Shadow of Hitler’s Third Reich; Her Poems from the Theresienstadt …
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HILARY LEVEY FRIEDMAN
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1/20/17
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JTA – As any pro-Israel activist will tell you, innovators from the Jewish state have invented products and technologies you use all the time, from instant-messaging technology to Waze, the …
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BEN SALES
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1/20/17
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Every year, the Internal Revenue Service announces cost-of-living adjustments that affect contribution limits for retirement plans, thresholds for deductions and credits, and standard deduction and …
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BARBARA KENERSON
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1/20/17
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(StatePoint) For many couples, there’s nothing more exciting than creating wedding wish lists. Almost half (45 percent) of U.S. adults who are or ever have been married or engaged have had a …
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1/20/17
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While you’ve been planning place settings, photography, flowers and decorations, have you thought about beaches, vineyard tours and hotel reservations?
“According …
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STEPHANIE ROSS
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1/20/17
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When Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge – perhaps better known as Kate Middleton – got married in 2011, she didn’t choose flowers based on their color, or shape, or pleasing aroma. …
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CYNTHIA BENJAMIN
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1/20/17
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In 1939, my mother, Lulu Abrevaya, a New York City gal, spent the summer in Rhode Island visiting her married cousin Jean Sarenson (nee Benharris) and her husband, John. Within a few days of …
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MAY-RONNY ZEIDMAN
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1/20/17
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