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December 2019

December 2019

COMMUNITY VOICES

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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...
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December 2019

IRVINE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL

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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...
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December 2019

For Your lIstening PLeasure

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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...
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December 2019

A Matter of Taste and Terminology

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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...
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December 2019

Nostalgia Strikes Back-

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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...
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December 2019

STAY INFORMEd

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“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,...
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December 2019

Deja New

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I had the remarkable experience of recently entering the ‘Gates of Righteousness’, better known as Shaarei Tzedek Hospital. With overflowing parking lots, I was...
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December 2019

Cultivating Memory Despite Pain

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Neurologist Oliver Sacks described a patient with absolutely no memory and asked, “Does this person have a soul?” Underneath his question was the awareness...
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December 2019

Saying “Goodbye”

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My father Leonard (Lenny) Weinberger (89) had been in and out of the hospital over the past year for congestive heart failure. We got...
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December 2019

The Miracle of Hanukkah

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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

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Join the 31st annual celebration of Hanukkah at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, on Sunday, November...
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Jlife Extra – Nov. 2, 2023

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The timely topic of “Antisemitism, Israel & Politics of Resentment on Campus Today” will be the focus of a Community Scholar Program (CSP) online...
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Orange County’s Jewish History – October 7

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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...
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News & Jews – Music Helps The Soul Blossom in Israel

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