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September 2017

The Man with a Plan

KEVIN NEALON SETS himself apart from other comedic performers with his unique sense of humor, dry wit and likeable demeanor. Nealon is best known...

The Head of Change

OUR SMART PHONES are a powerful tool and distract us from the immediate moment. Whether used for good or bad, we are hooked. Consider...

19th Hole Productions

19th HOLE PRODUCTIONS is an Orange County golf tournament organizer and consultancy that services non-profits, corporations and specialty event outings.  With more than 12...

Make Them YOURS 

AT THIS TIME of the year, are we celebrating the “High Holidays” or the “High Holy Days”? Is there only a religious difference between...

Beloved Cantor Retires After 49 Years

AFTER 49 YEARS as Cantor of Congregation Shir Ha-Ma’a lot, Arie Shikler will retire in June to pursue numerous other artistic avenues. However, he...

Making Friends  

Building Connections & Strengthening Community

Being Happy Instead of Being Right

THE HIGH HOLIDAYS are just weeks away. During Elul, the month before on the Jewish lunar calendar, it is customary to sound the shofar...

Casting Off

AS I SOMETIMES do for holiday columns, I turn to my friend and teacher Rabbi Lior Engelman for this year’s Rosh Hashanah column.  A...

The Teaching Bench

IT WAS A Friday night like many others. Candles lit, table set, side dishes plated in my favorite pieces of pottery. The challahs were...

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Art As Therapy

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...

JLife Extra, Dec. 2, 2023

Jews, Christians and Hindus will hold a rally for Israel on Sunday, December 3, at 3 PM at the Huntington Beach Pier. Everyone is...

Orange County’s Jewish History- Shalom Temple of the Jewish Community Center of Orange County

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...

News & Jews – Southern California Holocaust Survivors Participate in Belated Rite of Passage

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