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September 2021

News & Jews- OC Hilell

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  The board of directors of Orange County Hillel is delighted to welcome Tamy Cohen Jacobs – who has over 25 years of Jewish...
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September 2021

News & Jews- Grand Opening of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, Friendship Circle Center for Special Needs & Orange County Holocaust Museum

Tracey Gorsky -
Newport Beach is now home to a brand-new Jewish center, special needs facility and Holocaust museum. Congresswoman Michelle Steel (CA-48) and other local government...
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September 2021

Orange County’s Jewish History- Beth Emet High Holiday Ticket #449

Tracey Gorsky -
    In 1958, there were two synagogues in Orange County—Temple Beth Sholom, established in 1943, and the newcomer Temple Beth Emet, organized 13...
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September 2021

COVID-19 High Holiday Questions

Tracey Gorsky -
For the second year, COVID-19 has made it so Jews who want to attend High Holidays services must undergo a complicated risk calculation.    ...
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September 2021

Hit the Sweet Spot

Tracey Gorsky -
    According to 23andMe, I am genetically predisposed to prefer sweet over salty foods. I didn’t need them to tell me that!    ...
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September 2021

Jump Start Your Rosh Hashanah

Tracey Gorsky -
    With Rosh Hashanah arriving on the heels of Labor Day, and it likely being your first in-person Jewish holiday gathering since the...
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Kosher Dog- “Mr. Snickers”

Tracey Gorsky -
“My Sunshine doesn’t come from the sky, it comes from the love in my sweet dog’s eyes! Mr. Snickers is a 3-year-old pure bred,...
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Kiddish

IKARON Jewish Learning

Tracey Gorsky -
    This fall, IKARON Jewish Learning, an education initiative of the Jewish Collaborative of Orange County (JCoOC), will begin its third year offering...
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Kiddish

All Aboard for Family Service!

Tracey Gorsky -
Yikes! After a full year of COVID lockdowns, we are still facing uncertainty.     High Holiday services will look different this year. How do...
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September 2021

JFOC Solomon Society

Tracey Gorsky -
12th Annual Late Night - Thursday, October 21 6pm - 11pm; 5pm VIP Reception at City National Grove, Anaheim. Information and Tickets: JewishOC.org/LateNight Who is a wise...
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September 2021

More Matzah

Tracey Gorsky -
     When it comes to consuming matzah, the Jews of the former Soviet Union are in a league of their own.     At...
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September 2021

The Akeda as Personal Challenge

Tracey Gorsky -
    The shofar blows, evoking its multifaceted symbolism of a wake-up call, spontaneous crying, music and a call to arms. We might take...
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September 2021

The Jewish Community Foundation

Tracey Gorsky -
HOW IT ALL BEGAN     In 1981, two leading Jewish families in Orange County, the Feuersteins and Fainbargs, had a vision for our future...
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September 2021

Accessible, Relevant, Empowering

Tracey Gorsky -
    When Rabbi Heather Miller founded Keeping It Sacred (KITS) two years ago, she envisioned an inclusive community that focused on Jewish learning,...
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September 2021

The High Holidays and Covid-19

Tracey Gorsky -
    The sounding of the shofar at the conclusion of weekday Elul morning services signals to us that Rosh Hashanah is drawing near....
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September 2021

Judge Less, Bless More

Tracey Gorsky -
    In the months, weeks and days leading to the Yomim Noarim—more commonly known as “Days of Awe”—I annually struggle to make my...
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Kiddish

Sukkahfest

Tracey Gorsky -
Sukkahfest has been created to inspire people of all ages to create artsy and unique architectural sukkot for the community to enjoy together. We...
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August 2021

Love Is Stronger than Opinion

Tracey Gorsky -
Dear Maya,     Since you and I haven’t communicated in over a year and your first reach out to me is about wanting to...
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News & Jews- OC Hilell

September 2021 JLifeOC -
  The board of directors of Orange County Hillel is delighted to welcome Tamy Cohen Jacobs – who has over 25 years of Jewish...
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News & Jews- Grand Opening of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, Friendship Circle Center for Special Needs & Orange County Holocaust Museum

September 2021 JLifeOC -
Newport Beach is now home to a brand-new Jewish center, special needs facility and Holocaust museum. Congresswoman Michelle Steel (CA-48) and other local government...
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Orange County’s Jewish History- Beth Emet High Holiday Ticket #449

September 2021 JLifeOC -
    In 1958, there were two synagogues in Orange County—Temple Beth Sholom, established in 1943, and the newcomer Temple Beth Emet, organized 13...
Read more

COVID-19 High Holiday Questions

September 2021 JLifeOC -
For the second year, COVID-19 has made it so Jews who want to attend High Holidays services must undergo a complicated risk calculation.    ...
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