Joan B. Rhoden of Oxford

Joan B. Rhoden, 94, of Oxford, died Friday, June 4, at Season’s Hospice in Newark. She was the wife of Edgar Rhoden, who died in 2004, and with whom she shared 55 years of marriage. Born in White Plains, N.Y., she and Ed moved many places before building a home in Landenberg, where they lived for 40 years. Joan enjoyed knitting, sewing, golfing, weaving, gardening, music, antiques and going to…

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Rabbinic Reflections: Israeli solidarity

Minutes before midnight Wednesday night, Israel marked a most mundane miracle. It was mundane for me because it was years in the making, because more has been happening on the ground than meets the usual eye, and because Israelis are good at holding multiple truths at the same time. The miracle was the formation of a coalition government made up of parties across the spectrum,…

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