COVENTRY – Sheila Gold began making wine as a hobby, one that her son Andrew hoped would comfort her several years after the death of her husband, Dr. Benson Gold in 1996. That sense of comfort and warmth still informs all of the activities at …
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Naomi Lipsky
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6/21/13
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PAWTUCKET – I have a friend who will not travel because of bedbugs. We’d say she’s meshugga (crazy), yet her fear has made me a little crazy, too.
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Miriam R. Plitt
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6/21/13
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (JTA) – Things haven’t changed much since 1580, when British sailor Sir Francis Drake described this city on South Africa’s southwestern coast as “the fairest Cape in the whole circumference of the earth.”
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Moira Schneider
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6/21/13
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TEL AVIV (JTA) – When the artisanal restaurant Suzanna opened here in 1995, it faced a eucalyptus grove and an abandoned building.
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Ben Sales
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6/21/13
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TEL AVIV (JTA) – Sprawled across a land area that comprises more than half of Israel, the Negev Desert has long been viewed as a vital national resource.
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Ben Sales
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6/21/13
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A group of 75-year-old Jewish women is still getting together, even after all these years.
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Soni Smith Meyer
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6/21/13
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ALLON, West Bank (JTA) – Wearing a brown tunic and headscarf, a man who introduces himself as Eliezer invites visitors to sit on low benches covered by carpet in a makeshift Bedouin tent.
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Ben Sales
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6/21/13
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, Oct.11, the National Archives will unveil a new exhibition, “Discovery and Recovery: Preserving Iraqi Jewish Heritage.”
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6/21/13
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PROVIDENCE – In September of my fifth year, my parents returned to America after living in Jerusalem for seven years. My mother, a Hebrew teacher by profession and a dedicated Hebraist, was anxious that we remember the feel of Hebrew on our …
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Varda Lev
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6/21/13
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Congregation Jeshuat Israel at Touro Synagogue officers and trustees, elected to the 2013-15 term, include, from left, Renee Talewsky, financial secretary; Donna Pimental, assistant vice president (holding her grandson Grayson Pimental); Bea Ross …
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6/21/13
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