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Giving tzedakah is a major component of many spiritual and religious belief systems and can provide inner peace and contentment: Helping others often creates an improved sense of well-being and a sense of purpose in life or work. …
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DORI ADLER
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10/29/15
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Some of you may remember a feature film shown at the Rhode Island Film Festival about an Emmy-winning filmmaker whose mother objected to her frizzy hair and kept telling her to get a nose job if she hoped to find a husband. That film, “Look at …
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Larry Katz
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10/29/15
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Jews raising chickens, building relationships with other foodies and sampling Israeli wines are all part of An Evening of Jewish Renaissance.
My own cousins and an uncle owned three or four egg farms when I was growing up, and we would stop at a …
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Larry Katz
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10/29/15
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One of the central and fundamental Jewish values is known as Hachnasat Orchim, (HO) meaning “Welcoming Guests.” This concept is accepted as one of the most essential mitzvot – commandments. As a matter of fact, our tradition …
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d'Var Torah
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10/29/15
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Everyone I know has a bucket list. I have to admit, I have a small one. It’s perhaps not as extensive as some of my peers.
I’ve kept my list small so it will be manageable. It’s especially focused on New England. At one time, …
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Fran Ostendorf
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10/15/15
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“My So-Called Enemy” is a feature-length documentary, available on DVD, that speaks to my mind, my heart, my soul. Lisa Gossels, director and producer of the feature-length 2010 film, explores the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict …
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Rabbi James Rosenberg
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10/15/15
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We’ve just wrapped up the Jewish holidays in Israel. Basically, my life consisted of working, sleeping and observing Shabbat and the Jewish holidays. It was a marathon of a holiday season that I’m sad to see end.
The holiday mood in …
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Daniel Stieglitz
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10/15/15
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JTA – The State Department expressed its concerns about escalating violence in Israel on the day of deadly terror attacks against Israelis.
Three Israelis were killed and more than 20 injured in a rash of attacks on Oct. 13. Two of the …
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10/15/15
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel set up checkpoints in eastern Jerusalem and called up 1,400 Border Police reservists in its bid to quell the recent surge in Palestinian terrorist attacks.
The Security Cabinet approved the new measures at 1 a.m. Oct. …
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10/15/15
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Written by M. CHARLES BAKST
I went to visit the past, and I unexpectedly ran into a long-gone, beloved uncle.
Well, anyway, his voice, which I hadn’t heard since he died in 1996.
And here it is, as he recalls, in an interview …
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M. CHARLES BAKST
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10/15/15
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