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I am a student of words. Words are critical in my work and I use them carefully. Words have great impact, and I have experienced words that “burn in my brain” long after they have …
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Patricia Raskin
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8/4/16
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On the Jewish calendar, this is the time of year that we observe the Three Weeks. The Three Weeks are anchored at the beginning by the fast of the 17th of Tammuz, and at the end, by the fast of …
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d'Var Torah
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8/4/16
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More than six decades ago, community patriarch Max Alperin, along with others, saw the need to create a financial institution that would uphold Jewish values and be accessible to the entire …
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HILLARY SCHULMAN
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8/4/16
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The Jewish people are not known for aggressive efforts to spread the Jewish faith; most people who are Jewish were born Jewish. But what about those who Judaism speaks to later in …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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8/4/16
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Providence has just gained a new multitalented resident: a rabbi who is also a performing arts lover and new mother. Rabbi Rachel Zerin, 29, has recently returned to New England to start her first …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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8/4/16
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In the early 1980s, a handful of Jewish residents of Block Island came together to realize a shared idea: to hold Sabbath and High Holy Day services.
Initially, they met informally …
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GLORIA S. REDLICH
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8/4/16
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The continuous ringing of bells was heard throughout the Statehouse on Jan. 5 to signal the opening of the Rhode Island General Assembly’s legislative session. Legislators began formulating …
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MARTY COOPER
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8/4/16
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JTA – There are athletes, and then there are Olympic athletes. And then there are Jewish Olympic athletes.
When the 2016 Summer Olympics open Aug. 5, we’ll of course be cheering the American athletes – all 555 of them – and we’ll be rooting for Israel, too, which this year is sending its largest ever cohort to Rio.
But we’re saving a special shout-out for some of the Jewish-American Olympians who have given the Tribe extra reasons to be proud this year. (Interestingly, Jews make up about 2 percent of the U.S. population – and by our calculations, they’re represented by nearly the same proportion on Team USA.)
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GABE FRIEDMAN
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8/4/16
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Richard A. Kaplan retired managing partner of Yarlas, Kaplan, Santilli and Moran in Providence, died peacefully on July 16. He was the beloved husband of Susan Kearney …
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7/21/16
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BRISTOL, R.I. – Frances Katzanek passed away July 6. She was the wife of the late Bertram Katzanek; they were married for 33 years. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of the late Abraham …
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7/21/16
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