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December 2019

COMMUNITY VOICES

The Anti-Defamation League (“ADL”) is a civil rights organization that has been serving a vital purpose for 100-plus years. It is most unfortunate that...

IRVINE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL

Encounters of like-minded people, at the right place and right time, can alter history. Such is the case with Andy Elster and Karin Hepner...

For Your lIstening PLeasure

If you’re anything like my dad —you probably have no earthly idea what a podcast is let alone how to download one. As a...

A Matter of Taste and Terminology

The old story of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen came to mind as I contemplated the theme of this column. An egomaniacal...

Nostalgia Strikes Back-

It seems like yesterday we were chanting “bring back the 90s!” Now there’s another decade we can’t get over: the 1980s. It was a...

STAY INFORMEd

“Pro-Peace, Pro-Israel”: it sounds good as a slogan, but the leftist lobbying group of J Street, that claims to be more progressive than AIPAC,...

Deja New

I had the remarkable experience of recently entering the ‘Gates of Righteousness’, better known as Shaarei Tzedek Hospital. With overflowing parking lots, I was...

Cultivating Memory Despite Pain

Neurologist Oliver Sacks described a patient with absolutely no memory and asked, “Does this person have a soul?” Underneath his question was the awareness...

Saying “Goodbye”

My father Leonard (Lenny) Weinberger (89) had been in and out of the hospital over the past year for congestive heart failure. We got...

The Miracle of Hanukkah

While standing on a rooftop garden overlooking the Pacific Ocean with a warm breeze blowing and the soft tones of ambient music in the...

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Jlife Extra November 15, 2023

Join the 31st annual celebration of Hanukkah at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, on Sunday, November...

Jlife Extra – Nov. 2, 2023

The timely topic of “Antisemitism, Israel & Politics of Resentment on Campus Today” will be the focus of a Community Scholar Program (CSP) online...

Orange County’s Jewish History – October 7

The rebirth of the Jewish state as covered in Orange County 75 years ago. AM YISRAEL CHAI Dalia Taft, archivist of the Orange County Jewish Historical...

News & Jews – Music Helps The Soul Blossom in Israel

By Tania Shalom Michaelian     A modern-day interpretation of an ancient harvesting ritual is coming to Northern Israel to serve as a connection to...