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January 2023

January 2023

The Year in Review

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2022 was a big year for Jews in the arts. Here’s what happened on screen and stage.     Once more for the record, Dave...
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January 2023

Jordan Schultz

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Bringing the Magic of Music to Life PHOTOS COURTESY OF YAKIR BARRABI When I spoke with Jordan Schultz, he was waiting with great anticipation for the...
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January 2023

The Story of “Oy Vey”

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Half Hebrew, half Aramaic, this classic lament is all Jewish     Oy vey!—also: Oy vavoy! Oy vey iz mir! Oy gevalt! Or quite simply:...
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January 2023

The Compassion Gene

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A Better Resolution     I awakened at 4:00 a.m. with a rare bout of anxiety. Unable to meditate myself back to sleep, I ultimately stood...
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January 2023

Connecting to Our Past

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Modern Jewish Comfort Food     “The story of Jewish comfort food goes something like this,” writes Shannon Sarna in her latest cookbook “Modern Jewish...
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January 2023

The Israeli Weekend

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“Shabbat Shalom” vs. “Sofash Na’im”     For Israel’s first half-century, there was one standard way to mark the end of the work week: “Shabbat...
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News & Jews February 2023

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Hebrew Academy’s S.T.E.M. Event *************************** “Unmatched: An Orthodox Jewish Woman’s Mystifying Journey to Find Marriage and Meaning”      Jewish memoirs from Orthodox publishers tend to gloss...
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In Memoriam A Friend to All

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Sandy Fine helped thousands through darkest hours     Sandy Fine came into people’s lives when they were the most vulnerable and ended up becoming...
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Orange County’s Jewish History

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Fine Wines and Liquors      Harry (Hebrew name Tzvi) the oldest of Chaim and Yetta Stein’s five children, was born in Austria/Poland in 1897...
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CBI to Honor Outgoing President

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Gala to Mark Phyllis Abrams’ 30 Years of Service     “You need something more than your work and going to the gym,” her younger...
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