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Have you made a commitment to your health and well-being? Are you keeping yourself healthy?
While your answers to these questions have always been important, they’ve taken on extra meaning …
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Fran Ostendorf
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1/7/21
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(JTA) — There’s no sugarcoating it: 2020 was a difficult, trying, tragic year.
But just because COVID-19 dominated the headlines and our personal lives, that doesn’t mean there weren’t any Jewish bright spots. Plenty of history was made, from a march of tens of thousands against anti-Semitism to a new kind of vaccine that Jewish doctors helped create, to a Jewish vice-presidential spouse.
Here are some of the Jewish stories that helped distract us from the pain of the past year.
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GABE FRIEDMAN
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12/29/20
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Everyone loves eating latkes. Some people don’t even mind frying the latkes. Almost everyone loathes that post-frying, oil-laden smell that permeates the house …
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Shannon Sarna
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12/18/20
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Jewish Collaborative Services’ Jewish Eldercare of Rhode Island (JERI) program, in coordination with Friends of Jewish Seniors, has delivered Hanukkah gifts to over 200 Jewish residents of …
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12/16/20
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Almost all of us just celebrated Thanksgiving. Some may ask what there was to be thankful for, as we are now experiencing what appears to be the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, many believe …
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12/3/20
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The year 2020 will certainly go down as memorable – and not necessarily in a good way. We started out the new decade full of promise in the Rhode Island Jewish community, in the United States …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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12/3/20
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(JTA) – Move over, Maccabees. This season’s crop of seven new Hanukkah books for kids puts the spotlight on new heroes, from playful llamas to brave and kind knights on horseback.
An eighth book, “Honey on the Page,” that shines light on Yiddish children’s stories in new translation, makes a perfect family gift.
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PENNY SCHWARTZ
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12/3/20
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Rabbi Benjamin Blech, author of the article “Miracles, Human and Divine,” at Aish.com, writes, “It is very instructive that the Hebrew word for miracle, nes, is at the root of the …
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Patricia Raskin
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12/3/20
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While much of our lives will be paused in the coming weeks, Hanukkah is a reminder that the Jewish community is strong and resilient, despite often trying circumstances. The candles we light on each …
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JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF
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12/3/20
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I was born on the first night of Hanukkah. So you may understand why I have a special affinity for this holiday, my other birthday, which we celebrated with songs and stories and dreidel games …
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12/3/20
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