PAWTUCKET – Several times a week, in the lead-up to Passover, volunteers gather in the kitchen at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church to bake matzah. Most are members of the Jewish community, …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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3/8/20
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10/2/20
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James Pious, chair of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, sounded the shofar for the children of the David C. Isenberg Early Childhood Center in Providence. Even the shofar was properly …
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10/2/20
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On the second day of Rosh Hashanah, members of United Brothers Synagogue in Bristol gathered for a pandemic tashlikh ceremony.
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10/2/20
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We grew up in Barcelona, Spain. Not exactly your typical Jewish upbringing, and while we loved the beautiful city, it could be difficult and isolating during the Jewish holidays. Nevertheless …
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VICKY COHEN and RUTH FOX
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9/1/23
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The Purec children work on building their Sukkah on the East Side of Providence.
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10/2/20
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Naomi Baine still remembers her brush with human trafficking. She was about 9 years old, traveling alone to Israel for the first time, with a layover at London’s Heathrow Airport. She found a special room designed for kids, where a single attendant was watching.
Suddenly, a strange man entered the room. He claimed to be picking up his niece and gestured toward Baine. The man didn’t bear any obvious resemblance to her, but he spoke confidently, and the attendant seemed to believe him.
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ROBERT ISENBERG
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4/1/22
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This story originally appeared in The Nosher.
Ruffle milk pie is a Greek dessert made with a simple custard base and rose-like coils of phyllo dough. It’s a type of galatopita (Greek for …
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SONYA SANFORD
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9/1/23
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In “Gods Change, Prayers are Here to Stay,” the late Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai wrote:
The Jewish people read Torah aloud to God
all year long, a portion a week,
like …
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RONNI GUTTIN
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10/2/20
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Shanah Tovah, Happy, Healthy New Year! The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, is nearly here. I can tell this coming year is going to be a good one — the bar is already so low, we can only go up from here! …
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LEAH KADOSH
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9/1/23
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