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Lessons Learned

Some of the best lessons in life can be instilled in childhood      Education can never be the same for every learner. Each learner...

Sleep Deprivation: An Epidemic

How can parents, schools help sleep deprived teens? Sleep deprivation in teenagers plagues high schools, and parents and schools can help  by supporting their mental...

Field Trips that Inspire

Unveiling Adventure and Lasting Memories     How often have you witnessed the excitement and passion in your children’s eyes when they return home from...

Art for the Road

Activities bring kids into the vacation fun     Whether it’s getting the kids excited about an upcoming trip, looking for ways to capture vacation...

Art Camp an Outlet for Kids

Creative Expression Holds Many Benefits Q: How do “creative kids camps” (especially an art-focused one like yours) benefit mental health? A: Art can have a powerful...

A Timeless Simcha

Honoring the Past While Embracing the Moment’s Joy The anticipation within our close-knit Jewish community in Irvine, California, peaked as we eagerly awaited the bar...

Jewish Summer Camps

The early bonds that bring us together.     Recently, I attended a bat mitzvah party in Cincinnati. The mother is a camp friend of...

Rite of Passage

How Jewish Camps Can Help Forge Our “Jewish-ness”     There’s a first crush. A care package (with one of those popcorn tins). A friendship...

The Essential “Jewish-ness” of Judy Blume

The new Amazon Prime documentary “Judy Blume Forever” may not focus on the author’s Jewish identity, but as an interfaith teen, it helped me...

Matzah Ball Casserole

Matzah Ball Casserole     This chicken and kneidlach (AKA matzah balls) casserole is my mother-in-law’s creation, invented as an alternative to the sacks of...

A Shul for You

Congregation B’nai Israel in Tustin Background     Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) is a welcoming and inclusive egalitarian Jewish community affiliated with the Conservative Movement, serving...

Personal Passover Traditions

Cultivating a United and Stronger Community     Passover, also known as Pesach, is a time-honored holiday celebrated by Jewish families worldwide. It’s a time...

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Jlife Extra September 15, 2023

On Monday, September 18, at 10 AM, the Merage JCC will present a special edition of News & Views with David L. Bernstein. “Woke...

JLife Extra September 1, 2023

On Wednesday, September 6, at 7 PM, at Beth Jacob, 3900 Michelson Drive, Irvine, there will be a pre-Rosh Hashanah Challah Bake. Learn how...

A Shanda Thwarted

  Holocaust survivor group claims victory after Christie’s cancels second auction of jewelry linked to Nazi plunder     Christie’s has announced that it will not...

News & Jews

Hundreds of Voices Raised in Celebration of Jewish Choral Music at the 2023 North American Jewish Choral Festival     Nearly 400 singers joined together...