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On Aug. 7, First Sgt. Andrew McKenna of Bristol, Rhode Island, was killed by the Taliban, which has been armed and funded by Iran since at least 2007.
The second half of that statement is regularly omitted in reports by local news media. …
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HOWARD BROWN
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9/3/15
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JTA – Cactus, the largest supermarket chain in Luxembourg, has stopped selling produce from Israel until its suppliers verify that it does not originate in the West Bank.
A pro-Palestinian group has held demonstrations over the last months in …
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9/3/15
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JTA — With the High Holy Days just around the corner, Jews all over the world will be asking themselves how they can lead more meaningful and moral lives. Synagogue communities, too, will be asking themselves how they can become more holy and …
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Jay Ruderman
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9/3/15
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – As Italy’s only female rabbi – as well as the country’s only non-Orthodox rabbi – Barbara Aiello has grown accustomed to a level of global renown. But in her home country, it can be hard to get respect.
The …
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MENACHEM WECKER
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9/3/15
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The Rhode Island Jewish community is small. As a result, we’ve often seen synagogues struggle with financial problems, combine or disappear. But this year, there’s a new congregation in the community. The West Bay Community Jewish Center has …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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9/3/15
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Camp is over and summer shaliach Nave Gedj is leaving. She will spend some time in New York City, then return to Israel, where she will move to Tel Aviv and start school at the Rimon School of Music.
She’s had a great experience, she said, and …
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9/3/15
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Rabbi Elyse Wechterman recently accepted an offer from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association to be their executive director. Wechterman says she is “feeling blessed to be able to play this role.”
She admits to being a …
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IRINA MISSIURO
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9/3/15
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The phone rings so you look at the caller ID. You don’t recognize the number, but you grudgingly decide to pick it up. On the line is Gloria Feibish, calling on behalf of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island. It is dinnertime, so you are a …
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HILLARY SCHULMAN
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9/3/15
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Tishrei is among the most well-known months on the Hebrew calendar because it contains the High Holy Days and marks the beginning of the year. Or so it seems.
Indeed, to modern-day Jews, Rosh Hashanah is considered the Jewish …
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MAAYAN JAFFE
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9/3/15
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JTA — From Antarctica to Shanghai and farms to cities, this year’s crop of High Holy Days books for children offers a globe-trotting exploration. Friendship and family are the themes that run through five new titles that entertain and inform …
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PENNY SCHWARTZ
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9/3/15
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