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, …
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SHAI AFSAI
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8/21/15
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JNS.ORG – “He was part hippie, part yippie, part beatnik and part New Age,” wrote Elli Wohlgelernter in a Jerusalem Post eulogy in 1994, following the Oct. 20 passing of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
Twenty years later, more robust accounts of …
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MAAYAN JAFFE
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8/28/14
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PAWTUCKET – I noticed in a newspaper article that National Grandparents’ Day was Sept. 8. Of course, we have holidays for everything; after all, we have to get those greeting cards mailed.
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Miriam R. Plitt
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9/12/13
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On May 10, approximately 75 people gathered in the courtyard outside the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Resource Center at the Dwares JCC in Providence to observe Yom ha-Zikaron (Day of …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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5/27/16
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Q: Favorite Jewish food?
A: Matzah for Pesach.
Q: Favorite Jewish holiday?
A: Pesach. Why? It is just so much work, which makes you appreciate it.
Q: Favorite Jewish song?
A: …
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12/9/16
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BARRINGTON – On a Sunday in March, Temple Habonim honored local artist Barnet ‘Bunny’ Fain by showcasing his art and naming its gallery in his honor. The gathering to make the …
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SETH CHITWOOD
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4/27/17
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A recent study by the Department of Veterans Affairs found that the number of American veterans who commit suicide each day has decreased to 20, from 22 – a small improvement, but a step …
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ANNA SELMAN
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11/9/17
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As a kid, I remember that whenever a trip to the deli or bakery was necessary, it was my dad who did the shopping. I have no idea why it was his job.
We would go to the Star Delicatessen …
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1/4/18
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How many people can say that they have had two careers that they loved? I’m one of those people: I’ve had two quite different careers that made me excited and genuinely happy to get up …
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11/8/18
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The Holocaust Stamps Project is on the verge of acquiring a permanent home for its 11 million stamps and the 18 collages fashioned from them.
A national stamp-collecting organization …
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LARRY KESSLER
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10/31/19
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