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October 2018

October 2018

Celebrating 70 Years of Israeli Heroes and Hope

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FOR JEWS THE world over, Israel remains central to their very identity, and inspires the hopes and dreams of the Jewish people. Every single...
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October 2018

Hakarat haTov

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LONG AFTER MY parents stopped using their portable dishwasher as a dishwasher, Dad and I used the wood top surface as a drop point...
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October 2018

L’dor v’dor

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IT’S RARE THAT I get to turn the lens (or computer in my case) and focus on myself in an article. It’s much easier...
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October 2018

Family Lore

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OCTOBER: A MONTH for stories and events that evoke fear, excitement and awe. And, no, I am not talking about Halloween. It’s Family History...
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October 2018

Graceful Aging

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ON HIGH HOLIDAYS we traditionally chant: “Al tasheicheni l’et ziknah”- “Do not cast me into old age” (Psalm 71:9). My dear teacher, Rabbi Abraham...
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October 2018

“A splintered Soul”

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MORE THAN 73 years have passed since the Holocaust met its deserved demise, so one would think that after all the writings, lectures, poetry,...
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October 2018

Forever Young Assisted Living

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I HAVE REACHED a point in my life as an immigrant where if I want to see my parents, I need to go to...
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October 2018

JLife Extra: Fall Fanfare

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October 2018 Synagogues and organizations kick off 5759’s new programs By Ilene Schneider   Now that the High Holy Days are over, new programs are in full swing...
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October 2018

Coming Down the Mountain

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It comes to reaching the top of Masada, the ancient remains of King Herod’s fortress built in 30 BC on a plateau overlooking the...
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October 2018

Gettin’ Messy

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Synergy in the Shtetl

April 2021 Ilene Schneider -
When Jewish people moved to Orange County in the 20th century, they noticed that there were no Jewish neighborhoods. There were clusters of Jewish...
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Fresh Orange Jews

April 2021 JLifeOC -
According to the Jewish calendar, we are in the month of Adar and when Adar enters, joy increases! Why is Adar the month of...
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Orange County’s Jewish History- The Orange County Doll Ladies

April 2021 Dalia Taft -
B’nai B’rith, now known as Jewish Women International (JWI), began the “Dolls for Democracy” program in 1956 in conjunction with the interfaith, interracial organization...
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Remembering the Children of the Holocaust

April 2021 Debbie Meline -
When Pavel Friedmann, a young inmate at the Terezin Concentration Camp in 1942, wrote about the last butterfly he ever saw, he described a...
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