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September 2020

Teaching at Home

In the New York Times, Jennie Wiener, Professor of Educational Leadership, says of families teaching from home, “This is going to be messy and...

Asking a Beautiful Question

Why would a former yeshiva bocher (a young man enrolled as a full-time student in a school of Judaic studies) want to run for...

Spirituality and Religion

Last year at around this time, I was in Tel Aviv with my daughter Rebecca, 31, and some of her “baller” friends and the...

Cancel Culture

Before sunrise, a group sneaks into the center of a Baltimore park and begins defacing the large statue of George Washington featured in the...

Reflection on the Days of Awe

According to the Jewish calendar, we are approaching the days of “awe.” Hmmm, what does that mean this year? Every day our news seems to...

Setting the Stage for Success

You may soon be back to distance learning, but it will be different than the quick transition in March when attendance was not mandatory...

Hebrew Academy

In these unprecedented times, going ‘back to school’ has taken on different meanings. At the Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach, students are going to...

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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...