CONNECTING: Avi Nevel, founder of the Rhode Island-Israel Collaborative, a nonprofit organization seeking to establish business, academic and trade exchanges with Israel, at Old Slater Mill in Pawtucket. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
Avi Nevel and his wife relocated to Rhode Island from Israel 33 years ago. Since then, he served as co-owner, CEO and president of Central Falls-based Lawson-Hemphill – a textile-industry machine manufacturer – but kept seeking ways to link his two homes. He said the state is home to roughly 18,000 Jews, and most of…
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