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Gratitude. That’s the word I most often associate with the holiday of Sukkot , and this year there was something else, something enormous, to be thankful for: After seven years of …
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NOEL RUBINTON
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10/28/16
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A recreational pickleball league is making its debut at the Dwares Jewish Community Center’s fitness center this winter.
Pickleball is a relatively new sport that combines elements of …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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10/28/16
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In 1938, a young, successful British stockbroker decided to take a ski vacation in Switzerland. Then, he got diverted. He went to Prague instead, set up an office at the dining room table in his …
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LINDA SHAMOON
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10/28/16
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JTA – As a fan who runs the “Bob Dylan: Tangled Up in Jews” website, I should have been ecstatic at the Nobel Prize in Literature being awarded to the writer whose words have been …
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LARRY YUDELSON
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10/28/16
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If you missed the first couple of years of this annual event, you don’t want to miss out again. The Great Rhode Island Challah Bake is back for a third year. As with each year, the promise is for an amazing event, according to organizers.
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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10/28/16
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JTA – This season promised to be a banner year for Jewish Major League Baseball players – and by and large, the class of ’16 fared pretty well. Many had their best seasons in years …
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RON KAPLAN
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10/28/16
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – Vice President Joe Biden said Shimon Peres’ legacy should be one of tolerance at a time of rising bigotry.
“At a time when the currents of bigotry …
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RON KAMPEAS
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10/13/16
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JTA – The Tampa City Council in Florida approved a 6-foot-high fence around the new branch of the Jewish Community Centers despite opposition by council members and community members.
The …
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10/13/16
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JTA – A Jewish cemetery in New York state’s Orange County was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
The outer wall of the cemetery in Warwick, a suburban town about 90 minutes north …
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10/13/16
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Rhode Islanders Samantha Levin-Kent and Daniel Freeman are thrilled that they’ll be among those representing the United States in the Maccabiah Games, the Jewish equivalent of the Olympics, in …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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10/13/16
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