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From William Tennent to George Whitfield, itinerant preachers and clergymen are very much a part of colonial American history and folklore. And, surprisingly perhaps, rabbis were among them. At least six rabbis visited Newport between 1759 and 1775, …
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Bea Ross
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4/10/14
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Last December, Rabbi Richard E. Perlman was conducting the Mincha service with the children from Temple Am David in the community room of The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk RI Assisted Living Residence when they made an observation. Usually, the …
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Irina Missiuro
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4/10/14
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Have you heard about the Rabbi of Timbuktu, or the celebration of Hanukkah in Hausaland, or the Israelites in Kenya, or the Jews in Mauritius and more?
On Tuesday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Vestry of Temple Emanu-El, Professor William …
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Sam Shamoon
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3/13/14
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Michael Brown set out to write “The Jewish Gardening Cookbook” because he missed Israel after living there with his family for nearly ten years. He missed the history, the countryside, the herbs and the “bond between the land and myself as a …
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Kara Marziali
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3/13/14
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No, it isn’t nearly as rare as “Thanksgivukkah,” the once-in-75,000-years overlap of the first day of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving Day that took the Jewish world by storm in 2013. But this year’s 13-month Hebrew calendar isn’t an annual …
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Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org
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3/13/14
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After the last snow storm, I realized I am having a love affair with my boots. Each snowy day, I choose which pair I can wear; my boots come in all colors and styles. Yes, you might say I am fickle—not staying with the same pair of boots. …
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Letters to the editor
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2/27/14
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It was a sunny Sunday morning in January, and the PJ Library Story Hour at Congregation Beth David in Narragansett was about to begin. The kids had taken off their jackets and were scrambling for seats, and the grown-ups continued to chat. As I …
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Stephanie Malinow
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1/30/14
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Last year, the Women’s Alliance Endowment Fund celebrated its 20th anniversary, raised $16,000 and grew to more than 100 members. Six new members joined the Fund, and another ten women renewed their commitment by contributing an additional $1,000 …
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Trine Lustig
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1/30/14
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Because your calendar is full with simchas all year, Georgie Tarn and Tracey Fine, creators of the Jewish Princess brand, have written another Jewish Princess book to make every holiday successful.
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Kara Marziali
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1/17/14
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NEW YORK (JTA) – Authors Yossi Klein Halevi, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and Ari Shavit were among the winners of the 2013 National Jewish Book Awards.
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1/17/14
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