This speech was presented June 15 to the annual meeting of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island. The remarks have been slightly edited for publication.
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6/24/16
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Happy Anniversary – Ethan and Lori Adler spent a few days in Iceland, celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary. Here, they are on a whale watching boat in Akureyri. They report that they …
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6/24/16
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Roots in the community – Thirty-seven years ago, one of Rabbi Alvin Kaunfer’s first marriages at Temple Emanu-El was that of Debra Levin (daughter of Buddy Levin and Ruth Paige Levin) and …
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6/24/16
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Rabbi Yechezkel Yudkowsky, second from left, received the Providence Hebrew Day School Amudim Award, along with his wife Shiffy, at a dinner on June 8. Yudkowsky is a teacher at the school, rabbi of …
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6/24/16
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I am writing to publicly thank Rep. Mia Ackerman for passing HB 7736, better known as the Rhode Island anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanction Law (anti-BDS Law). The bill passed overwhelmingly and has …
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Letters to the editor
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6/24/16
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Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary), singer, songwriter, social and political activist, will appear at Aqua Blue in Narragansett at a benefit concert for Congregation Beth David on July …
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6/24/16
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On Tuesday June 14, the New England Academy of Torah (NEAT) held its senior graduation. Zahava Rubin (Hartford, Connecticut), Minya Schochet (Providence), and Aviva Shooman (Sharon, …
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6/24/16
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – An exhibit more than 20 years old against an iPhone: Docents at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum are increasingly noting the battle with hand-held devices to keep the …
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RON KAMPEAS
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6/24/16
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. – Carolyn R. (Elman) Botvin died June 17. She was the wife of Burton “Sonny” Botvin for 68 years. Born in East Greenwich, daughter of the late Benjamin …
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Jetta (Sorgman) Brenner died June 15. She was born in Providence, and was the daughter of the late Jules and Florence (Fluster) Sorgman.
She was a celebrated …
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