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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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Most Read

‘Swastika boards’ and ‘surf Nazis’

March 2023 Jacob Gurvis, JTA -
New documentary explores surfing’s history of antisemitism When he was 13 years old, Josh Greene moved with his family to San Clemente, California, a city...
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News & Jews-March

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Congregation B’nai Israel’s ChaiLife    Congregation B’nai Israel’s new social group for Jewish Young Adults (20’s, 30’s, and 40’s) invites you to Purim of the...
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Politics, Violence, Memory

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The New Social Science of the Holocaust Book coauthored by UCI political science professor Jeffrey Kopstein examines key questions of the Holocaust using tools, methods...
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Orange County’s Jewish History

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The Fainbarg Kayaks     At 87 years young, the Balboa Fun Zone in Newport Beach is going strong. It began during the Depression, in...
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