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(JTA) — There’s no sugarcoating it: 2020 was a difficult, trying, tragic year.
But just because COVID-19 dominated the headlines and our personal lives, that doesn’t mean there weren’t any Jewish bright spots. Plenty of history was made, from a march of tens of thousands against anti-Semitism to a new kind of vaccine that Jewish doctors helped create, to a Jewish vice-presidential spouse.
Here are some of the Jewish stories that helped distract us from the pain of the past year.
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GABE FRIEDMAN
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12/29/20
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During the summer, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island offered activity boxes to families, since most Jewish overnight camps were closed, leaving many families without summer Jewish …
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11/6/20
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According to givingtuesday.org, Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day when people are encouraged to do good. Over the past eight years, it has grown into a global movement that …
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ABI WEINER
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11/6/20
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Mark Werner wants us to know that we can do more to support Israel than just writing a check.
“Our obligation as Jews is to strengthen Israel,” Werner, a self-described Zionist and the …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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11/6/20
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On two occasions in October – once online and then in person – Brian Goldman, CEO of Big Blue Bug Solutions, in Providence, was awarded the Sy Dill Mensch of the Year Award by the Rhode …
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11/6/20
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If your child has a costume that she or he no longer needs, consider doing something good with it, like donating it to benefit children in Israel. Your gift could bring an Israeli child some joy and …
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LARRY KATZ
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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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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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The folks at the Louis and Goldie Chester Full Plate Kosher Food Pantry are asking the community to start the new year with a mitzvah: help provide food to the hungry. This is the second annual High Holiday Kosher Food Drive organized by Jewish Collaborative Services and the Full Plate Kosher Food Pantry.
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9/16/20
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For artist Nancy Katz, community is essential. It is at the heart of all her work, which began in the 1980s, when she volunteered with the NAMES Project AIDS Quilt.
“Being involved in that …
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MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE
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7/3/20
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