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According to the National Women’s Business Council, there are approximately 8 million women-owned businesses. Many of these businesses started small, begun by women seeking the exciting and potentially rewarding experience of “being their own … more
JTA – Goldie Steinberg, reportedly the world’s oldest known Jewish person, died at age 114. Steinberg, according to Chabad.org, the Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s news site, died Aug. 16 at the Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in … more
When growing up in suburban Los Angeles during the 1950s, it would have made some sense for my twin brother and me to join Cub Scouts. But our parents were concerned about uniforms and other signs of regimentation. Additionally, Teddy and I could … more
In “Catch the Jew!” (Gefen Publishing House, 2015, 467 pp.), playwright and journalist Tuvia Tenenbom chronicles the seven months he spent traversing Israel, the West Bank/Judea and Samaria in 2013-2014. During this time, he met with Jews, … more
Deb Norman, owner of the East Side staple, Rue de l’Espoir, the restaurant she just sold after nearly a 40-year run, didn’t get where she is with small talk and shyness. Through the years, she succeeded despite changing tastes, economic … more
Team RI joined Team Springfield (Massachusetts) for the 2015 Maccabi Games and Artsfest in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Aug. 9-14. The combined group was 65 teens strong. With only five athletes, Team RI brought home a total of 12 medals in swimming, … more
NEW ORLEANS (JTA) — One rainy afternoon earlier this summer, Rabbi Gabe Greenberg stood on the backyard patio of the new Beth Israel synagogue telling the story of the deluge that destroyed the Orthodox congregation’s Lakeview neighborhood … more
More than 100 people attended the Screen on the Green End of Summer Party on Aug. 16 at the Dwares JCC. Activities included face-painting, fall class previews, gaga games and dancing. The Maccabi athletes were recognized, and the night was capped … more
It is thrilling to announce that the creation of a Rhode Island Holocaust Memorial – a process that began more than 10 years ago – has finally been accomplished. This memorial has been a labor of love, and collaboration between the Jewish … more
MIDDLETOWN – It wasn’t much of a beach day. But it was a good day for a book. And about 125 people came out for Hadassah’s fifth annual Books on the Beach event at the Atlantic Beach Club on Aug. 11. Now a much-anticipated tradition, Books … more
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