At the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association, our archive is not just papers and books. Our mission is to preserve and educate on all aspects of local Jewish history, and certainly this includes …
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JOSHUA JASPER
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12/23/16
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12/23/16
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel’s health minister called on the public to refrain from eating the traditional Hanukkah treat sufganiyot .
“I call on the public to avoid eating …
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12/23/16
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A will is a legal document that lets you direct how your property will be dispersed when you die. It becomes effective only after your death. It also allows you to name an estate executor as the …
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Barbara Kenerson
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12/23/16
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Members of the Touro Fraternal Association recently donated two vacuum cleaners to the newly expanded Ronald McDonald House. Pictured are Andy Liss and Andy Lamchick, both from the community …
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12/23/16
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You wouldn’t exactly call Marc Seifer’s career path typical. A Rhode Island resident for nearly 50 years, Seifer has spent his adult life working as a handwriting analyst at the …
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SAM SERBY
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12/23/16
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JTA – All I want for Hanukkah is Christmas.
I grew up in suburban Chicago surrounded by my fellow Jews – at school, at camp, on the weekends, at my parents’ …
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BEN SALES
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12/23/16
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LOS ANGELES (JTA) – In the weeks before Hanukkah, with anticipation of the holiday brightly filling my mind, the darkening news of rising anti-Semitism in the U.S. began to …
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EDMON J. RODMAN
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12/23/16
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NEW YORK (JTA) – Each year in Brooklyn, Chabad Rabbi Shimon Hecht ascends 33 1/2 feet to light the tallest menorah in the world.
But he’s not allowed to call it …
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BEN SALES
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12/23/16
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About 70 seniors celebrated Hanukkah Dec. 16 at the Kosher Senior Café’s annual party. This year, the festivities took place at Temple Emanu-El in Providence.
Entertainment was …
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12/23/16
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