The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode has set up a Hanukkah display at the Rhode Island State House outside of the entrance to the Senate chamber and underneath the rotunda. Eight posters feature art …
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12/2/22
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Most of the women in the Bible fall into a few distinct categories. There are the wise wives and mothers like Sarah, Rebecca and Yocheved, …
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ORA DAMELIN
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12/2/22
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With a Jewish co-founder, it was just a matter of time before the world’s only bobblehead museum unveiled Hanukkah bobbles.
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, in Milwaukee, was …
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JACOB GURVIS
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12/2/22
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Hanukkah has two miracles: the physical victory of a tiny band of Jews over the Greeks, which had the most powerful army in the world in the second century B.C.E., and the spiritual victory of …
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Patricia Raskin
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12/2/22
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The Torah portion Vayetze describes Jacob’s vision of a ladder stretching between heaven and Earth: “He dreamed, and lo – a stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching to …
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d'Var Torah
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12/2/22
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It seems like we could all use a little more light in our lives right now.
Light gives us joy. It opens our eyes to the world around us and cancels the darkness.
And there sure is a lot of …
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Fran Ostendorf
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12/2/22
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11/7/22
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The Newport Havurah recently gathered at the home of Mary and Howard Newman to decorate and celebrate Sukkot.
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10/20/22
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As an Israeli, Sukkot was always a very special holiday for me. I remember walking around my city, Ashkelon, and seeing thousands of sukkot everywhere. It felt like all the cars had disappeared …
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ELIHAY SKITAL
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10/7/22
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(JTA) – We asked five noted chefs and food writers what they will serve at home to mark the Jewish New Year, and (spoiler alert) they all plan …
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RACHEL RINGLER
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9/15/22
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