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JNS.ORG –Why not stretch the value of your lulav and etrog this year with a little creative repurposing post-festival? When they can be shaken and blessed no more, try one or all of these suggestions for getting the most out of your four species. …
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BINYAMIN KAGEDAN
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10/20/14
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If you ever find yourself chatting with Arthur Richter, a youth in his mid-70s, refrain from asking about his senior status. He’ll just look at you, dumbfounded, and shrug his shoulders, “Oh, I’m not a senior!” Richter, who says he feels …
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Irina Missiuro
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10/20/14
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Martha Sharp, a Providence-born philanthropist, never saw an obstacle she couldn’t overcome. When her parents placed her in the care of her aunt and uncle, she devoted herself to them, bringing lunch to her uncle at work every day. When her aunt …
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Irina Missiuro
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10/20/14
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“I can’t tell you why they hired me but they did, and it’s changed my life.” That’s what Neal Drobnis says about joining Jewish Family Service of Rhode Island in 2009. Drobnis runs the Kosher Senior Cafes at both the Jewish Alliance of …
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JENNIFER ZWIRN
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10/20/14
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As the cold weather approaches it is good to start preparing. Here are some easy tips that can make you safe and ready for the cold winter days and should be on every senior’s to-do list.
• If you are using a portable heater, make sure …
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Wendy Joering
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10/20/14
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When the Jewish women of South Providence went on strike against kosher meat markets in 1910, there was precedence in the well-publicized 1902 Lower East Side housewives’ boycott of Jewish butchers.
In May 1902, the retail price of kosher meat …
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TOBY ROSSNER
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10/20/14
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The question was never, “Are you going to vote?” For my parents, Beryl and Chaya Segal, and their circle of friends (most of them naturalized Americans), not to vote was disgraceful and a neglect of their duty as Americans. And – heaven …
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GERALDINE S. FOSTER
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10/20/14
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I have had the opportunity on several occasions to engage in a discussion on aging with groups of individuals of various ages. When asked what comes to mind when they think about older adults, a number of unflattering words are usually mentioned …
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ERIN GISHERMAN MINIOR, LICSW
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10/20/14
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While temporarily living in Bremerhaven during the autumn of 1960, my husband Everett and I realized that the Rosh Hashanah holy days would soon be approaching. Our concern was, where do we spend Yom Kippur as we found out that there were no …
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HELEN KAGAN
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10/20/14
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JTA — A highway expansion project in Israel has led to the discovery of a nearly 2,000-year-old mikveh.
The ritual bath was discovered at Ha-Ela Junction, near the city of Beit Shemesh, during archaeological excavations conducted prior to …
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10/20/14
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