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News & Jews- USPS releases Ruth Bader Ginsburg stamp, 3 years after Jewish Supreme Court justice’s death By Philissa Cramer, JTA

    The United States Postal Service has released a new series of Forever stamps honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the late Jewish Supreme Court...

A Celebration of Creativity, Heritage and Community

2023 OC Jewish Arts Festival at the Merage JCC     The richness and diversity of Jewish culture have always been a source of fascination...

Have a Little Something!

Forshpeis can be what’s for dinner Most of us have done our wills and trusts. Who gets the diamonds and who gets the rubies have...

Jlife Extra October 1, 2023

Join the Jewish Collaborative on Monday, October 2 at 9:30 AM for “What Does Your Sukkkah Say about You.” a special Advanced Learning Institute...

Jlife Extra September 15, 2023

On Monday, September 18, at 10 AM, the Merage JCC will present a special edition of News & Views with David L. Bernstein. “Woke...

JLife Extra September 1, 2023

On Wednesday, September 6, at 7 PM, at Beth Jacob, 3900 Michelson Drive, Irvine, there will be a pre-Rosh Hashanah Challah Bake. Learn how...

A Shanda Thwarted

  Holocaust survivor group claims victory after Christie’s cancels second auction of jewelry linked to Nazi plunder     Christie’s has announced that it will not...

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Hundreds of Voices Raised in Celebration of Jewish Choral Music at the 2023 North American Jewish Choral Festival     Nearly 400 singers joined together...

High Holiday Jews

What makes a “High Holiday Jew” commit to keeping the High Holidays as the sole link to their Jewish legacy?     I am an...

High Holiday Boot Camp

Helping synagogues master online events, marketing and messaging     When the first pandemic-era Rosh Hashanah arrived three years ago, many synagogues found themselves struggling...

The Sderot Animal-Assisted Therapy Center

Traumatized Israelis living near Gaza turn to unusual source for help: lizards, birds and other animals SDEROT, Israel — Whenever Efraim Rozenfeld hears a plane...

The Only Jew in Remote Greenland

“I sometimes feels like ‘the last person on earth.’”     This picturesque village on the southwestern coast of Greenland where famed Viking Erik the...

Jlife Extra August 1, 2023

“Jewish Nationalism in the Age of Liberal Democracy” is the title of a Community Scholar Program (CSP) online event on Sunday, August 6, at...

News and Jews- Sisterhood of Temple Beth Shalom Pan Tournament & Luncheon

Wednesday, August 23, 2023 3635 Elm Ave., Long Beach 90807 Check-in and continental breakfast begins at 10:00 a.m. Games start at 10:30 a.m. sharp.     Regulation...

News and Jews- Temple Beth Tikvah (TBT) Welcomes Rabbi Mati Kirschenbaum

    Temple Beth Tikvah (TBT) in Fullerton, Calif., is delighted to announce that Rabbi Mati Kirschenbaum joined the congregation as lead on July...

News and Jews- The Closest You Can Get to Israel Without Being There

Thousands Expected at Global Conference for Israel in Denver     Places are filling up fast for one of the largest-ever international gatherings for Israel...

News and Jews- Supreme Court Still Enjoys Higher Level of Trust Than the Government or Knesset

Israelis Almost Equally Divided on the Future of the Current Coalition     The May 2023 edition of the Israeli Voice Index, a monthly survey...

News & Jews- Former Jewish National Fund-USA Orange County President Honored for Decades of Philanthropic Leadership

    California resident Joe Hess, born in 1932, was just six years old when he and his sister hugged their parents for the...

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JLife Extra, Dec. 2, 2023

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    On Sunday, Nov. 5, 59 Holocaust survivors participated in a B’nai Mitzvah, a rite of passage ceremony which was denied to them...