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B’nai Israel Makes It Official Rabbi, Cantor Installation Set for Shabbaton Weekend

    Congregation B’nai Israel of Tustin will be celebrating the official installation of Rabbi Adam Greenwald and Cantor Amy Robinson Katz during a...

Neurodiversity

This Jewish Teen With Autism is Educating Others     These days, individuals with autism are increasingly represented in all aspects of public life, from...

Sleep Deprivation: An Epidemic

How can parents, schools help sleep deprived teens? Sleep deprivation in teenagers plagues high schools, and parents and schools can help  by supporting their mental...

Jlife Extra July, 15, 2023

“The Good Seven Years”     CSP presents an artist talk with Rafram Chaddad on Tuesday July 18, at 3:30 PM online and in-person at...

JLIFE EXTRA- July 1, 2023

Healthy Life Author Rebecca Soffer will discuss her book, Modern Loss: An Interactive Guide to Moving through Grief and Building Resilience, at the Merage Jewish...

NEWS & JEWS- Pioneering program in artificial intelligence for 7th and 8th graders in Israel Prof. Oren Kurland Technion—Israel Institute of Technology

Background and Motivation     Kids nowadays use a wide variety of applications which utilize artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Examples include the recommendation systems of...

NEWS & JEWS- Martin Drapkin’s “Poor Tom”

    Martin Drapkin’s latest novel, Poor Tom, is about a widowed Jewish father, Herbert Dickman, and his son, Julius. Herbert is a renowned...

NEWS & JEWS- Alex Ryvchin’s “The 7 Deadly Myths: Antisemitism from Christ to Kanye West”

    In 2019, a young man carried out a deadly shooting in a synagogue in San Diego to avenge a notorious blood libel...

NEWS & JEWS- Jewish community executives from across North America begin program to combat rising antisemitism Merage JCC CEO Scott Braswell among the leaders...

  Jewish leaders need tools and training to respond to the troubling rise in antisemitism.     To address this need with the...

NEWS & JEWS- JCC Maccabi Games® Kick Off in Israel July 6 With Over a Thousand Teens

    In a proud and longstanding partnership and in the continuing celebration of Israel’s 75th anniversary, JCC Association of North America and Maccabi...

NEWS & JEWS- Adamah Awards Grants for OC Jewish Climate Projects

    Adamah, the new name of recently merged Jewish environmental organizations Hazon and Pearlstone, recently awarded a first round of matching grants to...

Kinsley Stella Follows Her Dancing Dreams

 Kinsley Stella is a 12-year-old competitive and pre-professional dancer. She is from Canada but moved to California this year to train with the prestigious...

News & Jews- Why was this seder different from all other Seders?

By Oren Hertz (12 years old)     This year, my family and I celebrated a third Seder at Woodbridge Terrace where my grandfather lives....

News & Jews- Reimagining Weissman Arts

  The Weissman Arts Endowment Funds were established at the JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUDATION ORANGE COUNTY (JCFOC) by a generous legacy gift from Albert...

News & Jews- In Memoriam Stanley Mayberg

Former Jewish Federation President, Stanley Mayberg passed away in Silver Spring, Maryland in early May. His good work and contributions are legendary. His...

News & Jews- Jewish Heritage Month

    Irvine Councilwoman Kathleen Tresede invited all Irvine Jews and interested persons in the community to The City of Irvine’s ceremony recognizing Jewish...

News & Jews UC Irvine to Participate in Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative

Campus is first in UC system, third in state to join cohort addressing antisemitism     The University of California, Irvine will join Hillel International’s...

“An American Tail”

The classic animated film about Russian-Jewish mice who immigrate to America, is now a musical      Itamar Moses was 10 years old when he...

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JLife Extra, Dec. 2, 2023

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