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October 2023

October 2023

A New Notebook for a New (Jewish) Year

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For as long as I can remember, my new year’s resolution has required new stationary.     I bought into the whole “new year, new...
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October 2023

Strange Phenomenon

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Jews Don’t Define Life After Death. So How Do I Explain the Dimes?     I was helping myself to homemade strudel at the shiva...
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October 2023

What If a Doctor Told You Today Is Your Last Day?

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One evening in 2014, while teaching my once-weekly four-hour Wednesday law school lectures—two classes, two hours each, with one ten-minute break to eat a...
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October 2023

A Celebration of Creativity, Heritage and Community

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2023 OC Jewish Arts Festival at the Merage JCC     The richness and diversity of Jewish culture have always been a source of fascination...
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October 2023

The Jerusalem University That’s a Hub for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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In 1964, the Hebrew University created a research development company to help market technological innovations developed at the university. It has produced some global...
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October 2023

A Shul for You -Temple Bat Yahm, Newport Beach, CA

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Background: For the last half century, Temple Bat Yahm (TBY) has been a center for Jewish Life and Education along the Orange County coast....
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October 2023

Nazis in the Jacuzzi

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Casual Antisemitism Still Stuns     Last month, I took a trip to Pismo Beach, California, for my girlfriend’s birthday. It was supposed to be...
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October 2023

Honoring Tradition

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This Jewish Mom Is Keeping the Memory of the Borscht Belt Alive in the Catskills     The Catskills are so beautiful, and so different...
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October 2023

Powering Through

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For cancer patients, the High Holidays can bring some unique challenges     At the height of the pandemic in August 2020, Fran Guzy, a...
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October 2023

Have a Little Something!

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Forshpeis can be what’s for dinner Most of us have done our wills and trusts. Who gets the diamonds and who gets the rubies have...
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October 2023

Time Off for Motherhood

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Israel underwrites maternity leave     Israel has a state-wide maternity leave policy. After a woman gives birth, the National Insurance Institute pays for three...
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October 2023

Jlife Extra October 1, 2023

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Join the Jewish Collaborative on Monday, October 2 at 9:30 AM for “What Does Your Sukkkah Say about You.” a special Advanced Learning Institute...
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Jlife Extra November 15, 2023

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Join the 31st annual celebration of Hanukkah at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, on Sunday, November...
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Jlife Extra – Nov. 2, 2023

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The timely topic of “Antisemitism, Israel & Politics of Resentment on Campus Today” will be the focus of a Community Scholar Program (CSP) online...
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Orange County’s Jewish History – October 7

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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...
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News & Jews – Music Helps The Soul Blossom in Israel

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