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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JCC Association’s Merrin Center for Teen Services has selected 14 professionals working with teens in affiliated JCCs and camps in North America to participate in the acclaimed …
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12/23/16
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Did you know that, according to the National Retail Federation, consumers spent $60 billion on Black Friday? During the holiday season, it is easy to be consumed with your own family’s wants …
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STEPHANIE HAGUE
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12/23/16
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New Year’s is a time for resolutions that we hope will make us happier and healthier. We often try to lose weight, reduce our alcohol consumption and exercise more. Sound familiar?
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Erin Minior
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12/23/16
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While the “left” and “right” are often at odds, they both make some good points, but both give cause for concern.
The “right” correctly calls attention to a …
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Barry Schiller
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12/23/16
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Brown University alum Allie Wollner ’10 returned to campus the week of Nov. 28 to lead students in a series of creative writing workshops centered on a Jewish theme.
This was the second …
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EMMA AXELROD
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12/23/16
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