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Providence has just gained a new multitalented resident: a rabbi who is also a performing arts lover and new mother. Rabbi Rachel Zerin, 29, has recently returned to New England to start her first …
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ARIEL BROTHMAN
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8/4/16
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In the early 1980s, a handful of Jewish residents of Block Island came together to realize a shared idea: to hold Sabbath and High Holy Day services.
Initially, they met informally …
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GLORIA S. REDLICH
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8/4/16
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The continuous ringing of bells was heard throughout the Statehouse on Jan. 5 to signal the opening of the Rhode Island General Assembly’s legislative session. Legislators began formulating …
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MARTY COOPER
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8/4/16
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JTA – There are athletes, and then there are Olympic athletes. And then there are Jewish Olympic athletes.
When the 2016 Summer Olympics open Aug. 5, we’ll of course be cheering the American athletes – all 555 of them – and we’ll be rooting for Israel, too, which this year is sending its largest ever cohort to Rio.
But we’re saving a special shout-out for some of the Jewish-American Olympians who have given the Tribe extra reasons to be proud this year. (Interestingly, Jews make up about 2 percent of the U.S. population – and by our calculations, they’re represented by nearly the same proportion on Team USA.)
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GABE FRIEDMAN
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8/4/16
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Richard A. Kaplan retired managing partner of Yarlas, Kaplan, Santilli and Moran in Providence, died peacefully on July 16. He was the beloved husband of Susan Kearney …
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7/21/16
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BRISTOL, R.I. – Frances Katzanek passed away July 6. She was the wife of the late Bertram Katzanek; they were married for 33 years. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of the late Abraham …
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7/21/16
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CRANSTON, R.I. – Gloria E. Levenson died July 17 at Greenwood Center, Warwick. She was the beloved wife of the late Burton Levenson. Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Everett and Dorothy …
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7/21/16
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GAINESVILLE, FLA. – Harry Shore, of Gainesville, passed away peacefully on June 30 surrounded by immediate family members and care-givers. Harry was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, …
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7/21/16
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CRANSTON, R.I. – Leila Sock, of Betsy Williams Drive, died July 16 at home. She was the beloved wife of Sheldon Sock. Born in Plisa, Poland, a daughter of the late Jacob and Gita (Diment) Lake, she …
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7/21/16
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. – Sherril Ruth (Moskowitz) Sussman, of East Greenwich, passed away on July 12. Sherril grew up in Bronx, N.Y. and raised her three children in Brooklyn. She was a loving mother …
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7/21/16
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