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What is Antisemitism?

We no longer live in a safe and secure 20th century      Over the next 12 months, I will be writing a series about...

A Shul for You- Temple Beth El of South Orange County

Temple Beth El of South Orange County Background     Temple Beth El of South Orange County is a synagogue community that is home to Reform...

Student to Student on Antisemitism

Everyone wins in education program     With the alarming rise in antisemitism and the concurrent decrease in people’s knowledge of the Holocaust, the task...

Shavuot

The Holiday of Milk?     The holiday of Shavuot is known in the Torah as “the day of the first fruits” (Numbers 28.26).  Linkage...

Behind Anne Frank’s Diary

A Visit to the Anne Frank House Heavy rain washed the streets of Amsterdam on a wintry morning a few days before Passover. Holding a...

Cooking Jewish- Celebrating Mom

Throw Her a Tea Party of Her Own     While tea has been consumed in China for thousands of years, the idea of the...

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Jlife Extra September 15, 2023

On Monday, September 18, at 10 AM, the Merage JCC will present a special edition of News & Views with David L. Bernstein. “Woke...

JLife Extra September 1, 2023

On Wednesday, September 6, at 7 PM, at Beth Jacob, 3900 Michelson Drive, Irvine, there will be a pre-Rosh Hashanah Challah Bake. Learn how...

A Shanda Thwarted

  Holocaust survivor group claims victory after Christie’s cancels second auction of jewelry linked to Nazi plunder     Christie’s has announced that it will not...

News & Jews

Hundreds of Voices Raised in Celebration of Jewish Choral Music at the 2023 North American Jewish Choral Festival     Nearly 400 singers joined together...