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News & Jews-March

Congregation B’nai Israel’s ChaiLife    Congregation B’nai Israel’s new social group for Jewish Young Adults (20’s, 30’s, and 40’s) invites you to Purim of the...

Orange County’s Jewish History

The Fainbarg Kayaks     At 87 years young, the Balboa Fun Zone in Newport Beach is going strong. It began during the Depression, in...

OC Premiere

George Washington and the Pursuit of Religious Freedom     Mount Vernon—the historic home of George and Martha Washington—serves as a beacon of American values....

Home Sweet Home

New faces and places at Heritage Pointe     Heritage Pointe has found a way to serve residents longer in assisted living if they want...

Jewish Women’s History Month

The Merage JCC’s Great Jewish Americans 101 presents Michele Mattei: Jewish Women of Age, Influence and Accomplishment     On the occasion of Jewish Women’s...

News & Jews February 2023

Hebrew Academy’s S.T.E.M. Event *************************** “Unmatched: An Orthodox Jewish Woman’s Mystifying Journey to Find Marriage and Meaning”      Jewish memoirs from Orthodox publishers tend to gloss...

Adrienne Matros

2023 Recipient of the Irving “Papa” Gelman Leadership Award     “To persevere and do what you can for the next generation. Stick to your...

Tu Bishvat

What is the Festival of Trees All About? Tu Bishvat is a holiday that is sometimes called the New Year for Trees. It comes at...

The Four Types of Tu Bishvat

The Jewish birthday for the trees has gone through several phases of historical development. One can speak in general of four revealed, historical manifestations of...

News & Jews- January 2023

Noa Tishby Becomes the 11,000th Person to sign the Jewish Future Pledge Tishby Pledges To Help Secure The Jewish Future Earmarking Half Of The Charitable...

Smitten Kitchen

Deb Perelman Brings Her Unique Flair and Food Favorites to the Merage JCC     Jewish mom Deb Perelman started the food blog Smitten Kitchen...

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We Are “One!”  OC Philanthropists Join 1,400 Proud Zionists at Jewish National Fund-USA’s National Conference A delegation of Orange County philanthropists joined over 1,400 supporters...

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The Life and Art of Charlotte Salomon The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at Chapman University presented events exploring the life and art of Charlotte...

Something New

    Every fall, the air gets cooler, the kids go back to school, and Rosh Hashanah rolls around. The holiday itself celebrates the...

Yom Kippur

    Yom Kippur–the Jewish Day of Atonement–is a fast day that follows Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are often called the...

Orange County’s Jewish History- The Jewish Merchants of Anaheim

Well at least we know what was served for second night Rosh Hashanah dinner in Anaheim in 1894/5655 – goose! According to the local...

News & Jews

How Could This Happen Explaining the Holocaust     The Holocaust has long seemed incomprehensible, a monumental crime that beggars our powers of description and explanation....

L’Chaim!

Walking through the halls of the Merage Jewish Community Center today it’s hard to imagine that the facility hasn’t always been at its home...

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News & Jews-March

Congregation B’nai Israel’s ChaiLife    Congregation B’nai Israel’s new social group for Jewish Young Adults (20’s, 30’s, and 40’s) invites you to Purim of the...

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Orange County’s Jewish History

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