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JTA – Some 6,000 people gathered in Paris under heavy security for the public lighting of a Hanukkah menorah at the base of the Eiffel Tower, despite security concerns in the wake of last month’s terrorist attacks.
French Chief Rabbi Haim …
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12/11/15
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“With the hidden light, the Holy One nourishes the world.” (Zohar Shemot)
According to reports from Temple Torat Yisrael’s Caring Committee and Cohen School, there are congregants who are no longer physically able to drive to the synagogue …
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12/11/15
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Can you name the 12 tribes of Israel? What are the 39 primary activities prohibited on Shabbos? Do you know the Hebrew word for “tree?”
One could study the Torah over a lifetime and have only mastered a fraction of God’s wisdom. However, …
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Kara Marziali
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12/11/15
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(Kveller via JTA) – “We get twice the presents!”
Most interfaith kids will utter this classic, and rather obnoxious, boast at some point during childhood. And I have to admit, it makes me wince and grit my teeth a little. As an interfaith …
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SUSAN KATZ MILLER
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12/11/15
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Temple Sinai’s youth group, CRAFTY, has had a active fall reports adviser Adam Cohen:
“On Sunday, Nov 1, 14 CRAFTY Junior members gathered to make sandwiches for the House of Hope CDC in Warwick. Smiles and laughter filled the room as …
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JEWISH VOICE STAFF
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12/11/15
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NEW YORK (JTA) – Ever since Zero Mostel imagined himself as a rich man in the original 1964 Broadway production, “Fiddler on the Roof” has been a cultural landmark on Broadway and in the Jewish sphere.
It’s one of those musicals that …
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Lonnie Firestone
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12/11/15
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When Congress unexpectedly eliminated two Social Security claiming strategies as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, retirement planning got a little more complicated for people who expected to use those strategies to boost their …
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Barbara Kennerson
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12/11/15
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JTA – “Dirty Dancing,” the hit 1987 film about a Jewish college student on vacation at a heavily Jewish Catskills resort, will be adapted into a TV musical.
Abigail Breslin will star in the taped musical, which will air on ABC and be …
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12/11/15
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Rabbi Philip (Pesach) Kaplan was born in 1918 (the youngest of six children) to Avraham Moshe Kaplan, a shochet and Chana Dina Wepner Kaplan in Albany, N.Y. The family soon moved to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. When my father was almost 3 years …
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Andrea Kaplan Lieberman
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12/11/15
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Congregation Beth Sholom (CBS), a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Providence, has completed a handicap-accessible entrance to the lower level of its building. The lower level is where most events occur.
“Making the lower level accessible allows …
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12/11/15
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