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June 2022

June 2022

Unsolicited Advice

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    Want to know something that is totally joyous and kvell-worthy? It’s when your child gets married. But if they get married, you...
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June 2022

The Orange County Jewish Historical Society

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In the late ‘90s, when the JCC, Federation, Tarbut v’Torah (TVT) and a host of other Jewish organizations were located on Baker Street in...
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June 2022

Securing A Legacy

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In late fall of 1955, three families (the Sporns, Goldmanns and Fines) got together in a private home in Fullerton to discuss the formation...
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June 2022

From Page to Screen

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As of today, Netflix viewers can watch “The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,” a period drama that follows a family of Spanish Sephardic Jews living...
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June 2022

I Want Candy

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Don’t take this the wrong way,” my rabbi said, three weeks before my son’s bar mitzvah, “but every parent needs something to obsess over...
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June 2022

“Compromise”

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My fiancé and I did not grow up in different religious traditions. Sherrita was raised in Detroit as a Christian, attending Episcopalian, Baptist and...
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June 2022

“The Home Edit”

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    I’ve fallen deep into the rabbit hole of Netflix’s “The Home Edit,” and I have no desire to return anytime soon.    ...
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June 2022

The Language of Love

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There were quite a number of years when I was growing up when I saw my paternal grandparents on a weekly basis. My mother...
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June 2022

Letter to the Editor

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An Open Letter to the Editorial Board of the Harvard Crimson Your commitment to and promotion of the toxic BDS campaign reveals your bigotry and...
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Orange County’s Jewish History- All in the Family

June 2022 Dalia Taft -
   Seen here on the society page of the Los Angeles Herald is a detailed description of the 25th anniversary party of Louis (Leib)...
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News & Jews- ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

June 2022 Lior Zaltzman, JTA -
  By Lior Zaltzman, JTA Season four of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” was just as Jewy as the ones that came before it—with bar mitzvah scenes,...
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Time to Celebrate

June 2022 Judy Bart Kancigor -
    Lately birthdays somehow don’t signal celebration as they once did, but when my kids were growing up, birthdays were always a big...
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Taking a Stand

June 2022 Ilene Schneider -
The scenario was different–and unfortunate–but the ugly response had a familiar refrain: Blame it on Israel. Act against Israel. Forget the facts or make...
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