Volume XX, Issue XLI | www.thejewishvoice.org Serving Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts
14 Heshvan 5775 | November 7, 2014
Thanksgiving and Veterans
Rabbi Barry Dolinger, Erin Moseley, Rabbi Elan Babchuck and Rabbi Sarah Mack.
‘Fedovation’ highlights innovation (401)j on the program
BY FRAN OSTENDORF fostendorf@jewishallianceri.org (401)j is going to the General Assembly. Jewish Rhode Island’s flagship NextGen program is one of a number of nationwide initiatives chosen to be showcased at the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly Nov. 9-11, in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside
Washington, D.C. The General Assembly is the most significant gathering of thousands of Jewish communal and Federation leaders and volunteers from the U.S. and around the world. Speakers this year include Vice President Joe Biden. The (401)j team – Erin Moseley of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, Rabbi (401)j | 24
There’s more to the Thanksgiving weekend than shopping Ten activities to do instead BY IRINA MISSIURO imissiuro@jewishallianceri.org
When you gather around the holiday table, sitting next to your loved ones, you will be celebrating all the blessings you have experienced throughout the year. Have you thought about the particular fortunes you will be feeling grateful for? Maybe you will
offer thanks for the good health you’ve had, for the accomplishments you’ve achieved, for the friendships you’ve formed. Consider asking the guests to go around the table and take turns sharing one happy memory from the past year. Everyone might enjoy hearing about THANKSGIVING | 16
PHOTO | MARTY COOPER
Rev. Dr. Don Anderson, Rabbi James Rosenberg and Sandy Rosenberg.
RABBI ROSENBERG HONORED BY R.I. STATE COUNCIL OF CHURCHES BY FRAN OSTENDORF fostendorf@jewishallianceri.org CRANSTON – Rabbi James Rosenberg was honored with the Hebert W. Bolles Life Achievement Award, given by the R.I. State Council of Churches at the fi fth annual Heroes of Faith breakfast Oct. 30. Rosenberg, a columnist for The Voice and rabbi emeritus of Temple Habonim in Barrington, received the award for his deep involvement in state and local interfaith activities. He received the award along with five other Heroes of Faith and 18 Partners in Faith at a breakfast at Rhodes on the Paw-
tuxet in Cranston. About 300 leaders of religious and volunteer groups were present at the event. In his remarks, Rosenberg said that he’d reflected on what it means to receive such an honor and, “I have come to the conclusion that the R.I. State Council of Churches has most graciously acknowledged the fact that, as of now, I am an old man.” “Let’s face it,” he said. “Young men and women, though far more accomplished than I will ever be, cannot be recognized for life achievement by virtue of the fact that they have not yet lived long enough.” Rosenberg went on to discuss
what he considers to be his full life, having just celebrated his 70th birthday. He and his wife Sandy have been married for 47 years; they have two children and five grandchildren. He discussed his maturing understanding of interfaith matters with his characteristic good humor. “As rabbi of Temple Habonim in Barrington for 33 years, I made interfaith work a top priority on both a local and statewide level,” he told the crowd. He said he would like to think that he has been learning and growing in his understanding of interfaith matters from the beginning. Those gathered at the early HONORED | 19
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