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November 2017

November 2017

Is It ALL VANITY?        

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I WAS PREPARING a teaching on Kohelet for Sukkot and it occurred to me how pertinent this message was for this time of year...
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November 2017

Shoshana

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WAITING FOR MY assigned room, I sat in the sun-drenched solarium staring at the first of many inedible meals to be served over the...
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November 2017

A Life Worth Living

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IT WAS A recent encounter at the dentist. She was a Jewish teenager; together we were waiting with trepidation of the drill that awaited...
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November 2017

Found Object

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LONG BEFORE I hated the Internet for how it made me view other people, I hated it for reinforcing a dim view of myself....
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November 2017

Ayar’ing, Maysik’ing & Gedid’ing 

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MANY AMERICANS HAVE lost touch with the origins of Thanksgiving. When you ask someone to explain the reason for the holiday, more often than...
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November 2017

Challenges, Grief & Courage

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DAVID AND LYNDA ZUSSMAN have been living in Newport Coast for almost 20 years – enjoying what two successful careers can offer.  They began...
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November 2017

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OC ARTS Festival 2017 Honoring Jewish Heritage through comedy, documentary and Holocaust drama films. EACH YEAR A dedicated committee of culture-savvy-enthusiasts comb through many(!)...
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November 2017

Image of Jews

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DURING THE SECOND INTIFADA, my family and I took a short break from the tensions within Israel. We temporarily relocated to the northern Californian Bay...
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November 2017

Spiritually Rich Learning & Living

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All learning and living can be like music and art: Spiritually rich experiences. On the journey toward living spiritually, it is helpful to understand...
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November 2017

Celebrate Sensitivity

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Have you ever made something that you thought was truly wonderful but no one else appreciated? A cake, a painting, a flower arrangement?...
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November 2017

THE IDF & FIDF

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Art As Therapy

Kiddish JLifeOC and Diana Shabtai, “MissDee” Psy.D., ATR-BC -
Bonding projects become Hanukkah tradition Hanukkah is all about the heroism of a few against many and their triumph. And the fact that the oil...
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JLife Extra, Dec. 2, 2023

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Jews, Christians and Hindus will hold a rally for Israel on Sunday, December 3, at 3 PM at the Huntington Beach Pier. Everyone is...
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Orange County’s Jewish History- Shalom Temple of the Jewish Community Center of Orange County

December 2023 Dalia Taft -
A little bit of history about Orange County’s varied attempts at a permanent home for its Jewish community: First there was Temple B’nai Brith...
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News & Jews – Southern California Holocaust Survivors Participate in Belated Rite of Passage

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    On Sunday, Nov. 5, 59 Holocaust survivors participated in a B’nai Mitzvah, a rite of passage ceremony which was denied to them...
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