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Honoring an Extraordinary Life

    Throughout his childhood, Joel Poremba tried unsuccessfully to get his father Nathan to share the details of how he had survived the...

They Face the Public Square

    The four Frankel brothers, Samuel, Michael, Emil and Marcus, Jewish immigrants from Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic), came to California in the mid...

News & Jews- Investing in Growth

  The movement has embarked on at least $137 million in real estate projects since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to numbers...

Hands to Your Heart

    Last year on Nov. 22, a few days before Thanksgiving, I found in my in-box a link to “Hatha Yoga for Gratitude”...

Creative Liberties

It has been eight years since we celebrated Thanksgivukkah, when Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah converged, a rare mash-up that won’t occur...

Noa Tishby- Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

    Noa Tishby is someone you should know. She is a gifted Israeli actress, producer, activist and author of the acclaimed book, Israel:...

Hanukkah, Israel and Political Power

    Jews have always had a tenuous relationship with our own internal political power.     One of the fiercest debates in Tanakh centers...

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Jlife Extra November 15, 2023

Join the 31st annual celebration of Hanukkah at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, on Sunday, November...

Jlife Extra – Nov. 2, 2023

The timely topic of “Antisemitism, Israel & Politics of Resentment on Campus Today” will be the focus of a Community Scholar Program (CSP) online...

Orange County’s Jewish History – October 7

The rebirth of the Jewish state as covered in Orange County 75 years ago. AM YISRAEL CHAI Dalia Taft, archivist of the Orange County Jewish Historical...

News & Jews – Music Helps The Soul Blossom in Israel

By Tania Shalom Michaelian     A modern-day interpretation of an ancient harvesting ritual is coming to Northern Israel to serve as a connection to...