October 26, 2018

In this issue

• Cranston Seniors schedule activities

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  The Cranston Senior Guild’s next  meeting will take place Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 1 p.m. at the Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence, 3 Shalom Drive, Warwick. The …

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  The Caribbean, revisited in memory

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  Boys of my generation pretty much stayed put. We invented the idea of “staycation,” if not the word itself. Tires and gas were rationed, and even train travel was reserved for GIs.  …

• Nose news

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  Winter will soon be upon us and that means another season of cold, runny noses. But, fear not, says the Association of Mature American Citizens. AMAC reports that a British company has come out with …

• Honesty is the best policy

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  Nebraska has a new campaign to attract tourists. It boasts print ads with headlines such as “Lucky for you there’s nothing to do here.” Yet another ad brags that the state is …

• Mozart’s Magical Mystery Tour at the RI Philharmonic

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  EAST PROVIDENCE – Pianist, composer and filmmaker Judith Lynn Stillman, who lives on the East Side of Providence and is the artist-in-residence and a professor of music at Rhode Island College, …

• Learn more about Alzheimer’s disease on Nov. 7

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  Rhode Islanders who want to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease are invited to attend a free educational program on Wednesday, November 7 at the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island …

• Ask the director

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  QUESTION: What sort of makeup is used by undertakers? On the deceased, I mean, not their own personal beauty regimen. Does it tend to stay on unlike on a living person who sweats it off? How long …

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  Samuel “Mickey” Finn, 73

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Samuel “Mickey” Finn died Oct. 18 at Coventry Skilled Nursing. Born in Providence, a son of the late David and Esther (Greenberg) Finn, he had lived in Wakefield, …

• Liliya Kulik, 92

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  PAWTUCKET, R.I. – Liliya Kulik died Oct. 9 at Hope Hospice in Providence. She was the wife of the late Leonid Kulik. Born in Ukraine, she was the daughter of the late Vladimir and Idis …

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  Thomas H. Rosenfield, 78

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  OHIO – Thomas H. Rosenfield died at his home in Cambridge, Ohio on Oct. 4. His parents died in 1999. His is survived by his wife, Nancy, his daughter, grandchildren and his step-children …

• Florence Schiffman, 90

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Florence Miller Schiffman died on Oct. 22. Before moving to Rhode Island in 2001, she was a pillar of the Smithtown, New York, community with her husband, the late Dr. …

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  Esther F. Schnitzer, 97

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  WARWICK, R.I. – Esther F. Schnitzer died Oct. 9,  at home. She was the wife of the late Ernst Schnitzer. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late Meyer and Anna (Barkin) Flaxman. …

• Mazal Tov

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  Mazal Tov – On Sept. 15, friends and family celebrated Sylvia Chase’s 80th birthday at Meritage in Warwick.

• We Are Read in Croatia

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  We Are Read in Croatia – The synagogue and museum in Dubrovnik, Croatia were a stop along the road for (left to right):  Karen Borger, Anne and Charlie German and Mark …

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  Together again

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  Together again – Once again, the Junior Debs (the South Providence Jewish girls’ group that started at Roger Williams Junior High School and continued when we moved on to Hope High …

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  We Are Read in Bermuda

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  We Are Read in Bermuda – Members of the Touro Fraternal Association cruised on the Norwegian Escape to Bermuda this past June in celebration of the Association’s Centennial year.

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  She’s a big girl

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  It was Fat Bear Week at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Beadnose was the people’s choice for this year’s fattest bear competition, reports the Association of Mature American …

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  RIJHA meeting features guest speaker Keith Stokes

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  Keith Stokes will speak at the annual fall meeting of Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association Sunday Nov. 4 2-4 p.m. in the Baxt Social Hall at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community …

• Jewish-American baseball players become Israeli citizens to help Team Israel

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  JTA – Ten Jewish-American baseball players will become dual Israeli citizens partly to help the country’s team make the 2020 Olympics. Some of the players, who visited Israel’s …

• Great sadness comes to 56½ Goddard St.

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  My life began in the north end of Providence. My grandparents owned two three-family tenement houses, one behind the other. The address on the front house was 56 Goddard St. The address on …

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  Rosh Hodesh program explores Hagar

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  Hagar and Sarah were front and center, as women in the Jewish community gathered in the Baxt Social Hall at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center on Oct. 23 for the fall Rosh Hodesh …

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  Author Gerry Mc Donnell explores Irish Jewry in prose and poetry

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  In preparing for my recent visit to Ireland to learn about Jewish life there, I came across a March 2012 program produced by Dublin City University’s School of Communication and Inter Faith …

• Get out and vote!

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

   Voting is an important obligation for every citizen of the United States. If you are registered to vote, you should get out and vote on Nov. 6. In most Rhode Island cities and towns, the …

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  Hearty soup tastes like autumn

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  As the days get cooler and the fall harvest fills the markets, there’s plenty of reasons to think about comforting and warming recipes. Ever wonder what to do with those butternut squash you …

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  Savor the season with Libyan Jewish Pumpkin Spread

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

   (The Nosher via JTA) – October is upon us. I know because my Instagram feed is full of decorative gourds and pumpkin spice lattes.   But as much as Americans truly love …

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  The power of ‘postmemory’

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  This is the fourth article in a series leading up to the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht.   I had the good fortune to hear Marianne Hirsch speak last year at the Pembroke Center …

• The art of listening and speaking

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  At a time when the principles of civil discourse and open-mindedness, compromise and mutual respect are being greatly challenged,   let’s focus on listening and speaking. At   …

• Neo-Nazis bring their hate to Providence

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  On Oct. 6, while our congregations gathered to read the first portion in the Torah, neo-Nazis and their allies came to downtown Providence for a rally.     Under the guise of …

• Education is key to preventing genocide

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  When members of the Jewish and Armenian communities gathered on Sept. 23 to view “The Promise,” a movie about the Armenian Genocide, they formed a binding relationship.   …

• Hadassah reopens advocacy office

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  WASHINGTON (JTA) – Hadassah is reopening its Washington office nearly a decade after the women’s Zionist group closed its operations there in the wake of its unwitting involvement in …

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  The magic carpet of literature

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  I read Saul Bellow’s novel “Herzog” in the late ’60s, when I was a rabbinical student in Manhattan and living the joys and the challenges of a young marriage (which has now …

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  A milestone and a goal

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  When I was offered the job as editor of the Jewish Voice, about four and a half years ago, I knew that writing a column came with the territory. I was an avid reader of the editor’s column. …

• Voting is a sacred obligation

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  Sometime last year, leaders in the Jewish community realized that the state primary election fell on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. When approached with the conflict, Secretary of State Nellie …

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  Of blind obedience and the lessons of Parashat Vareya

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  The book of Genesis begins with God deciding to create human beings to rule all the other created things: “Let us make human beings in our image, after our likeness. They shall rule the …

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  Caution urged when using medical marijuana

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  Dr. James V. McDonald, medical director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, delivered an engaging presentation on the latest developments and issues with medical marijuana products to a packed …

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  Anti-Semitism, seltzer and the internet among topics at ‘An Evening of Jewish Renaissance’

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  Jonathan Weisman, an author and the deputy Washington editor of The New York Times, will be among the many speakers at this year’s “Evening of Jewish Renaissance,” which will be …

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  In the beginning: The story of Holocaust education in Rhode Island

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  Today, the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center (SBHEC) is a well-established organization known throughout Rhode Island for using the lessons of the Holocaust to educate about the dangers of …

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  Genius Hour at the JCDSRI: When passions come alive

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  What would the world look like if we could spend a part of our work or school week on a passion project?   Inspired by technology companies such as Google and the Genius Hour education …

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  Creative Hands at Temple Emanu-El

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  With Rhode Island’s bumper crop of talented artists and craftspeople, it is only fitting that Temple Emanu-El’s Creative Hands Art Sale is held each fall midway between Sukkot and …

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  Republicans and Democrats both try to paint the other side’s candidates as worse for the Jews

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  WASHINGTON (JTA) – When Ron DeSantis, the Republican congressman running for governor of Florida, was asked in a debate to defend his record on race, he pivoted to his Democratic …

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  New Hanukkah stamp issued at Touro Synagogue

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  NEWPORT – The U.S. Postal Service issued its new Hanukkah stamp, a joint issue with Israel, on Oct. 16 at Touro Synagogue.   The American and Israeli stamps share the same …

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  Israeli President Reuven Rivlin calls for ‘reverse Birthright’

  Thursday, October 25, 2018

  TEL AVIV ( JTA ) – Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has called for a “reverse Birthright” that would take Israelis to see the American Jewish community firsthand.   …