Somehow, I cannot forget an unfortunate experience that occurred at my temple almost 20 years ago. Occasionally, when I force myself to tell this story, listeners can hear the anguish and trepidation in my voice.
This regrettable …
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GEORGE M. GOODWIN
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12/11/15
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Free diabetes self-management classes for Medicare beneficiaries are being offered by Healthcentric Advisors, the New England Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (NE QIN-QIO), in collaboration with the Rhode Island Department …
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12/11/15
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – Hamilton Jordan, President Jimmy Carter’s wunderkind adviser and chief of staff, discovered at age 20 that his family’s story wasn’t a straightforward Christian Southern experience. At the cemetery service for his maternal …
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Sarah Wildman
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12/11/15
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NEW YORK (JTA) – A treasure trove of American Jewish literary news and opinion spanning the second half of the 20th century is now available as a free digital archive.
Launched in honor of the 90th anniversary of the Jewish Book …
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12/11/15
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NEW YORK (JTA) – The so-called “Kate Middleton effect” – by which anything the Duchess of Cambridge wears becomes an instant best-seller – seems to know no bounds.
She has graced the covers of countless magazines; entire blogs are …
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Lucy Cohen Blatter
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12/11/15
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JTA – Four elderly Jewish women playing mahjong in Florida may not sound like a crime – but that’s what was recently alleged in the city of Altamonte Springs.
Lee Delnick, Bernice Diamond, Helen Greenspan and Zelda King – aged 87 to 95 …
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12/11/15
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On Oct. 21, Temple Torat Yisrael held their first “Casino Night” under the direction of “Wekater2you.”
More than 100 attended an exciting evening, designed to look just like a “high-end gambling casino” including decorations, …
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12/11/15
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PROVIDENCE – A temporary receiver has been appointed for Temple Am David in Warwick.
On Nov. 25, Theodore Orson, of Providence’s Orson and Brusini law firm, was appointed by the Kent County Superior Court to preserve and protect the assets …
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Fran Ostendorf
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12/11/15
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JTA – Since last week’s mass shooting in the California city of San Bernardino, U.S. authorities have been piecing together what might have led Syed Farook and his wife, Tafsheen Malik, to gun down 14 of Farook’s colleagues at a holiday …
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URIEL HEILMAN
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12/11/15
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When I was in college – which was not that long ago – a professor assigned us a video project wherein we had to show our interpretation of the city where we lived and attended school. I chose to contrast a series of starkly dark landscapes (the …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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12/11/15
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