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FALL RIVER, Mass. – In 1958, a young optometrist in Fall River saw a need: The children of poor and working class parents were unable to afford college. Dr. Irving Fradkin saw a waste of talent and potential and set out to fill that need. He …
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Arthur C. Norman
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9/30/13
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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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For Karen Flippo, it all began in the family.
A family member with a disability led to a career helping those with disabilities succeed in life.
“People with disabilities …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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8/10/17
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Mark Elber, the rabbi at Temple Beth El, in Fall River, Massachusetts, grew up in New York City and was a Jewish educator for many years. He taught rabbinics in a Solomon Schechter school, and adult …
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SAM SERBY
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11/9/17
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JTA – American billionaire investor Stephen Schwarzman, an economic consultant to President Donald Trump, has given $10 million to the National Library of Israel in what reportedly is the …
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2/15/18
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When I meet someone in the Jewish community and we start to play “Jewish Geography,” I simply say I am May-Ronny Zeidman’s son. Everyone in the community knows her through her …
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JEFF SOCK
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4/4/18
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The author of a new book on the resurgence of anti-Semitism in the United States says it will take a collaborative effort between American Jews and other targeted minorities to counter the marked …
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LARRY KESSLER
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11/8/18
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Thanks for printing my photo essay in the Dec. 21 issue (“Adventures in Israel”). The photos were part of a much longer story about Israel. Two deleted impressions pertain to us in …
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GARY LEIB
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1/10/19
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(JTA) — In 1983, the Italian-Israeli professor Sandra Debenedetti Stow stunned the scholarly world with an explosive article that proposed that Jews introduced pizza to the European diet. …
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Henry Abramson
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5/10/19
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Hadassah Rhode Island hosts the ninth annual Books on the Beach Aug. 6 at OceanCliff in Newport. The fundraiser and luncheon brings authors to Newport to speak about their books.
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7/16/19
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