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February 2, 2023

From New Bedford to Palm Beach

Dartmouth's Bed Bath & Beyond is closing permanently. The news is not surprising with the chain widely expected to file for bankruptcy in the near future.

I suspect that most Bulletin readers know that BB&B has strong New Bedford roots through founders Warren Eisenberg and Leonard Feinstein. Pictured at right (Feinstein left, Eisenberg right), the two chatted about how they turned two small stores into a retail force and pop-culture phenomenon in this article: "What happened to Bed Bath & Beyond? These two reasons may explain." It has appeared in many media sources after it originally appeared in the The Wall Street Journal. If you subscribe to the Journal you can check out the original article too.

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Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker Ana Sazonov Answers Your Questions About Ukraine

On June 16, 2022, at our annual meeting, we hosted Ana Sazonov, executive director at the Jewish Federation of Columbia, SC. Ana recently returned from two weeks of volunteer work at the Ukraine border with Poland and shared her experience with us. We had many questions after and she answered all of them.