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December 2012

December Downer

This tree is not ours.

Chanukah in Israel

A number of our Arab neighbors help make life in Israel exciting in a Maccabean way all throughout the year.

The Art of Knowing Nothing

What may appear to be long-lasting and immovable is always only temporary and subject to change.

Chanukah Dilemma

Timing complicates the celebration, but families can work around it.

March of the Living

Tarbut V’Torah students explore their heritage on Poland-Israel trip.

Debunking Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions

Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: Part 2, Big Differences among Old Friends

Turned on to Judaism

Dinner with a Scholar benefits BJE programs in an elegant way.

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Douglas Sills reprises challenging role of Gomez in The Addams Family at the Segerstrom Center.

Lil Firestone

Much-Loved Matriarch

A Sparkling Future

Make soda for pennies a glass.

Lights, Latkes & More

Orange County is about celebrating.

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Sweetness from Street

Tasty morsels add new twist to Chanukah.

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Art As Therapy

Bonding projects become Hanukkah tradition Hanukkah is all about the heroism of a few against many and their triumph. And the fact that the oil...

JLife Extra, Dec. 2, 2023

Jews, Christians and Hindus will hold a rally for Israel on Sunday, December 3, at 3 PM at the Huntington Beach Pier. Everyone is...

Orange County’s Jewish History- Shalom Temple of the Jewish Community Center of Orange County

A little bit of history about Orange County’s varied attempts at a permanent home for its Jewish community: First there was Temple B’nai Brith...

News & Jews – Southern California Holocaust Survivors Participate in Belated Rite of Passage

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