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December 2018

December 2018

DEDICATION & COMPASSION

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Not your Bubbie’s Kitchen

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I asked my mom if she ever uses online cooking videos, and she responded without hesitation: “No, I know how to cook.” That shouldn’t...
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December 2018

BSECURE

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Proving to be the “security superpower” to many countries and organizations in the world, Israel has established a longtime reputation for its ability to...
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December 2018

Silver lining

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Is that all there is? Then let’s keep dancing. . . .” —Peggy Lee. Unexpected memories from childhood occasionally surface without warning: the barely perceptible...
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December 2018

WHEN IT HITS HOME, IT HITS HARD

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Civic and religious leaders pledge to support each other to combat hate crimes.On a picture-perfect Friday morning, a group of more than 300 people...
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December 2018

A SPLINTERED SOUL-

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In light of the growing anti-Semitism that has surfaced in American discourse and communities, playwright Dr. Alan Brooks’s “A Splintered Soul” could not be...
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December 2018

Anti-semitism

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Elie Wiesel pointed to the Bible’s opening account in Exodus as the first and enduring expression of antisemitism. A new pharaoh came to power...
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December 2018

Chanukah’s Hidden Light

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Be a Light

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Be a light unto the nations.” —Isaiah When a child sees the parent and runs into her arms with the biggest smile on his face,...
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December 2018

Chanukah in the OC

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Chanukah always falls on the 25th of Kislev, but that happens early in December this year. Orange County congregations have a lot in store...
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Jlife Extra September 15, 2023

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On Monday, September 18, at 10 AM, the Merage JCC will present a special edition of News & Views with David L. Bernstein. “Woke...
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JLife Extra September 1, 2023

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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...
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A Shanda Thwarted

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  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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News & Jews

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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...
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