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For 113 years, the volunteer members of the Rhode Island Section of the National Council of Jewish Women have joined forces to turn progressive ideals into action. Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW’s mission is to strive for social justice by …
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Toby Rossner
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4/23/15
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I’ve heard it said that a mother’s work is challenging. I’d like to add that a working mother’s work is doubly challenging. My to-do list never shrinks. So while flowers make a lovely Mother’s Day gesture, I have a few other things in …
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Kara Marziali
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4/23/15
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This is my first Mother’s Day without my mom. She died late last summer. “Are you dreading Mother’s Day?” I have been asked many times. “Not at all,” has been my reply.
When my family gets together, they love to talk about their …
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BETSY ALPER, LICSW
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4/23/15
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“82 Ways to Tell Mom You Love Her.” “Don’t Forget about Mom!” “Tell Your Mother You Love Her.” “Make Sure Mom Gets the Message.”
This year, the first of about a thousand emails reminding me to call, appreciate and buy stuff for …
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Esther D. Kustanowitz
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4/23/15
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From Mothers’ Day to Mother’s Day
In the 1850s, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis started holding Mothers’ Day work clubs throughout West Virginia as a way for mourning women to remember fallen soldiers. The groups tended to wounded soldiers …
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STEPHANIE ROSS
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4/23/15
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Shana Maydel has moved away from the two most important women in her life – her mom and her grandma. The separation took some chutzpah and a lot of convincing. The two simply didn’t want to let her go. However, the one strong argument Shana used …
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Irina Missiuro
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4/23/15
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In the 1970s, the popular band Peaches and Herb released a song “Reunited.” If you love the song, as I do, it’s easy to understand why it has become my anthem of choice for two women I love.
The story goes like this. After the shocking …
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SUSAN BAZAR
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4/23/15
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At the age of 10, Anya Von Bremzen and her mother, Larisa Frumkin, immigrated to the United States from the former Soviet Union, settling in Philadelphia in 1974. To taste the American dream, they had to make sacrifices and fudge the truth. Frumkin, …
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Irina Missiuro
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4/23/15
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The Cranston Senior Guild will hold its annual spring installation of officers on June 3 at noon at the West Valley Inn, 4 Blossom St., West Warwick. The cost of the lunch is $21, which includes soup, salad, pasta, entrée …
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4/23/15
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Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger was the keynote speaker for the 31st Annual Rhode Island Interfaith Commemoration of the Holocaust on April 15 at Temple Emanu-El. This year’s commemoration honored the memory of the 6 million Jewish victims and millions of …
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Patricia Raskin
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4/23/15
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