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As the cold weather approaches it is good to start preparing. Here are some easy tips that can make you safe and ready for the cold winter days and should be on every senior’s to-do list.
• If you are using a portable heater, make sure …
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Wendy Joering
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10/20/14
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When the Jewish women of South Providence went on strike against kosher meat markets in 1910, there was precedence in the well-publicized 1902 Lower East Side housewives’ boycott of Jewish butchers.
In May 1902, the retail price of kosher meat …
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TOBY ROSSNER
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10/20/14
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The question was never, “Are you going to vote?” For my parents, Beryl and Chaya Segal, and their circle of friends (most of them naturalized Americans), not to vote was disgraceful and a neglect of their duty as Americans. And – heaven …
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GERALDINE S. FOSTER
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10/20/14
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I have had the opportunity on several occasions to engage in a discussion on aging with groups of individuals of various ages. When asked what comes to mind when they think about older adults, a number of unflattering words are usually mentioned …
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ERIN GISHERMAN MINIOR, LICSW
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10/20/14
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While temporarily living in Bremerhaven during the autumn of 1960, my husband Everett and I realized that the Rosh Hashanah holy days would soon be approaching. Our concern was, where do we spend Yom Kippur as we found out that there were no …
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HELEN KAGAN
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10/20/14
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JTA — A highway expansion project in Israel has led to the discovery of a nearly 2,000-year-old mikveh.
The ritual bath was discovered at Ha-Ela Junction, near the city of Beit Shemesh, during archaeological excavations conducted prior to …
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10/20/14
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JTA – Most Jews have never heard of, let alone ever met, Ralph I. Goldman.
But for countless numbers of us throughout the world, Ralph – a former chief executive of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) – played a …
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Alan H. Gill
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10/20/14
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WARWICK – Former Woonsocket resident and member of Congregation B’nai Israel is back in Rhode Island to perform onstage as Alfred P. Doolittle in Ocean State Theatre’s production of “My Fair Lady.” Since leaving Woonsocket to pursue a …
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Seth Chitwood
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10/15/14
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The next exhibit at Gallery (401) features artist Naomi Geller Lipsky and Gold, Paper, Scissors.
Naomi uses quilling (the art of coiling and shaping narrow paper strips to create a design), gilding (the application of gold leaf), painting and …
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10/15/14
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Imagine celebrating Shabbat as an entire community, not just in one synagogue or congregation. That’s the vision of the Shabbos Project, a global grassroots movement whose organizers hope to encourage Jews of all ages and from all traditions to …
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10/15/14
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