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A walk in the woods. A stroll on an empty beach. A ride out of town to get pumpkins. An afternoon spent picking apples. The next afternoon making applesauce.
Fall has always been my favorite season.
I was the kid who always liked to go back …
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Fran Ostendorf
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10/1/15
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There’s a hefty insert in today’s paper. We’re welcoming 5776 at The Voice with our popular Guide to Jewish Living. When you picked up your paper, you probably noticed the annual guide to all things Jewish in Rhode Island and Southeastern …
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Fran Ostendorf
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9/17/15
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Introspection is such a difficult concept. What does it really mean?
According to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, it’s a noun meaning the examination of your own thoughts or feelings. Not too complicated; easy to understand, right? …
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Fran Ostendorf
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9/3/15
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When I started as editor of The Voice, there was a small staff already in place. Leah Camara had years of experience working for the Federation, and then moving to The Voice where she has been in charge of layout and design. For me, her knowledge of …
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Fran Ostendorf
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8/21/15
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What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, we were planning an issue filled with news from Israel: Operation Protective Edge was underway. Despite the international nature of the story, our coverage was personal and local. There was …
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Fran Ostendorf
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8/6/15
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Just like many of us, The Voice takes a bit of a summer vacation. We’ve been following this – or a similar – schedule for a couple of years. It makes some sense. People go away. Advertising is more difficult to sell in the summer. And there …
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Fran Ostendorf
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6/18/15
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I have witnessed a number of “rites of passage” in the last few weeks. Late spring is the season for such things.
First, my nephew walked down the hill, and then up the hill as he graduated from Brown, a graduation process steeped in …
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Fran Ostendorf
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6/5/15
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If you have more nights than usual scheduled with meetings that you absolutely have to attend this month, then you know it’s annual meeting season. Geraldine Foster wrote about the history of these annual meetings in our last edition.
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Fran Ostendorf
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5/22/15
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Finally we are seeing prolonged signs of spring … consistently warm temperatures, flowering trees everywhere, longer days. People are out in their yards cleaning up and planting. Community gardens are coming to life. I love being able to …
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Fran Ostendorf
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5/7/15
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We are part of a small network of “niche” newspapers in the United States. You might even call us exclusive. We are a Jewish newspaper. It’s in our mission statement, and it’s proudly part of our name. There’s no mistaking the readership …
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Fran Ostendorf
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4/23/15
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