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CRANSTON, R.I. – William H. Torman died Nov. 9 at Golden Crest Nursing Center, N. Providence. He was the beloved husband of Emily A. (Reed) Torman for 57 years. Born in Providence, a son of the late Jacob and Dora (Paster) Torman, he had lived in …
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11/27/15
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Elise J. Weisman, died Oct. 21 at Home and Hospice RI. She was the wife of the late Herman Weisman, mother of Robert Weisman and Ellen Bar-Zemer, grandmother of Mark and Stephen Weisman and Tal and Noam Bar-Zemer, and aunt of …
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11/27/15
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Terrorism in Israel hit close to home Nov. 19 when Ezra Schwartz was killed by a Palestinian gunman in the West Bank. The 18-year-old yeshiva student from Sharon, Massachusetts, graduated in 2015 from the Maimonides School near Boston and was a …
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11/27/15
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The timing was perfect: daylight saving time ended, giving us back a lost hour. I went to Columbus, Ohio, to visit the homestead of my favorite American humorist, James Thurber.
My freshman roommate at Yale had handed me …
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Mike Fink
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11/27/15
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Rabbi Goldie Milgram, the esteemed mentor of some of the nation’s leading Jewish storytellers, conducted the presentations at the Joseph and Leba Zelniker Educators Conference in mid-November at the Dwares Jewish Community Center, in Providence. …
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Larry Katz
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11/27/15
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On Nov. 1, students from Rhode Island and Massachusetts met at Congregation Beth Sholom in Providence to participate in the first of a two-part series focused on preparing students for the contemporary college campus regarding Israel and their …
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11/27/15
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EAST GREENWICH – Young children in Temple Torat Yisrael’s Torah Sprouts program had a fabulous and interactive time on Nov. 1, exploring the magic and special traditions of Shabbat. The once-a-month Sprouts program, for families with …
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DORI ADLER
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11/27/15
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Join the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island on Dec. 13 for Super Sunday, the biggest fundraising day of the year. Volunteers will be working hard to raise money for the Jewish Alliance Annual Campaign, which supports more than 300 programs and …
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HILLARY SCHULMAN
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11/27/15
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JNS.ORG
Despite Hanukkah being one of the few Jewish holidays not mentioned in the Torah, it gets a lot of play – pun intended. Shmuel Arnold of Baltimore recalls how while growing up in a secular Jewish household, his parents made an extra …
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MAAYAN JAFFE
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11/27/15
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The Mensch on a Bench is so much happier now than he was a year ago. Look carefully and you will notice that, whereas the previous Mensch had a decidedly worried look, this latest version of the popular Hanukkah toy is flashing …
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Deborah Fineblum Schabb/JNS.org
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11/27/15
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