Much is going on in the world around us. And in this issue of Jewish Rhode Island, which focuses on Passover and celebrates freedom, I can’t help but look at what’s happening in the world …
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Fran Ostendorf
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4/1/22
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Like many of you, I have been glued to coverage of the war in Ukraine – in print, online and on TV.
Yes, I have my favorite media outlets. But I tend to flip from one to another during this …
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Fran Ostendorf
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3/6/22
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As I sit down to write this column, Rhode Island is in the midst of a blizzard, the first in a number of years.
The pre-storm hype had whipped our friends and neighbors into a frenzy. Grocery …
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Fran Ostendorf
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2/6/22
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Putting together the January newspaper presents a time to look back and think ahead. What a year it was. What a year we hope it will be!
In 2021, we had a roller-coaster of ups and downs. That new …
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Fran Ostendorf
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1/10/22
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Have you listened to the first podcasts from Jewish Rhody Media? It’s a terrific series on leadership called Chutzpah! There’s a new episode every other Thursday, featuring Adam Greenman, …
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Fran Ostendorf
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12/4/21
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There will be no more weeping for the willow in my backyard.
Sometime in the wee hours of a recent Wednesday morning, what was left of the once majestic, multi-trunk tree came crashing down.
No …
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Fran Ostendorf
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11/7/21
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Life is in transition again.
Nature is doing its annual shift from long, hot summer days to dark, cool fall evenings.
As I write this, our backyard is showing a scattering of yellow and brown …
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Fran Ostendorf
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10/9/21
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Sometimes, when I sit down to write this column, I stare at a blank page on my computer screen and I wonder where to begin.
My aim isn’t to be scholarly or to impart wisdom based on years of …
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Fran Ostendorf
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9/6/21
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I had time for some real moments of reflection this month as I rooted through a couple of boxes in my parents’ basement. They have lived in the same house since the mid-1960s and, as you can …
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Fran Ostendorf
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8/5/21
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Do you remember The Herald? Or perhaps you remember the Jewish Voice, or the Community Voice from many years ago.
At one time, The Rhode Island Jewish Herald was an independently published …
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Fran Ostendorf
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7/1/21
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