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The word “tzedakah” comes from the Hebrew word “tzedek”, meaning righteousness or justice. This emphasizes the importance of making the world a more just place by giving money to various organizations. In the English Standard translation of…

This is one of several unique Yahrzeit Calendars in our collection. The Jewish Museum in New York has no example like this; theirs are all stylized, large, one page calendars and memorials, usually for 20 years. Temples and funeral homes, as well…

“In 1875 a group of immigrant Jews in the North End of Providence banded together as the Chevrah Bnai Zion (Brotherhood of the Sons of Zion) and applied for a State charter in the name of the Sons of Zion which was granted in the same year. The…