MUSIC VIDEO: Chabad of Conejo Chanukah party ‘Yes We Can’

Published on December 12, 2008

There are lots of versions of this video out there -- apparently produced by Chabad in NYC and customized locally. This version promotes Chabad of Conejo's Chanukah party.

Skateboarder’s project links charity and sport

By Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
Published on March 8, 2007

Devin never thought he would get to bring his love for skateboarding into his rite of passage: "I thought it would be like my sister, and I'd work at a shelter, but this was a lot more fun."

News from the hood, eruv in the air

Published on February 15, 2007

Letters to the Editor

After Agoura eruv dismantled, residents ask ‘What’s up with that?’

By Jane Ulman
Published on February 1, 2007

The Agoura Eruv, a project conceived by a small group of local Chabad congregants, covered portions of Agoura Hills and Oak Park, as well as a small sliver of Westlake Village. The Oak Park segment of the eruv had been taken down prior to the Jan. 23 meeting, and on Jan. 25 the Eruv Committee officially ordered the elements in Agoura Hills and Westlake Village dismantled.

Briefs

Published on September 30, 2004

Attorneys representing the Jewish teenager who has sued the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CSUSD) over alleged anti-Semitic behavior will meet on Oct. 22 in state court, while a lawyer for the boy's former coach meets next month in federal court over the same case.

Growing a Shul in Calabasas

By Rabbi Dov Fischer
Published on August 26, 2004

It is now two years since I moved to Calabasas to become the rabbi of a new Orthodox congregation. And there is no time like the eve of the Jewish New Year to take stock.

People said it couldn't be done. Some believed there was not much hope for an Orthodox synagogue in this community bordering the San Fernando and Conejo valleys, where expensive homes pepper the steep hills, because members would have to walk to services, and outsiders would be deterred from moving here because of the high price of housing.

Conejo JCC Red Ink to Bring Closure

By Marc Ballon
Published on April 15, 2004

In a reflection of the continued struggles of the area's Jewish community centers, the Conejo Valley JCC is slated to close its doors forever on June 30, the second announced center closure in recent months.

Meanwhile, the beleaguered Silverlake Independent JCC might survive. The group that operates the center said that keeping it afloat is now a major priority.

Community Briefs

Published on June 19, 2003

Community Briefs

Jews Embrace Life in the Conejo Valley

By Peter Fehler
Published on May 15, 2003

It took me 15 years of living on the Westside and in the San Fernando Valley to find what I was looking for -- a Jewish lifestyle in Los Angeles fit for my family.

Community

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on August 7, 1998

In the latest in a spate of anti-Semitic incidents in the San Fernando and Conejo valleys, vandals attacked Temple Solael on July 31, spray-painting graffiti that read "stop murdering the white race." The incident follows the discovery a week ago by Agoura Hills residents of anti-Semitic fliers left in their mailboxes. The flier makes negative reference to the Anti-Defamation League and encourages racists to commit an act of violence against director Steven Spielberg. The fliers also contain a World Wide Web address for the National alliance, a white supremiscist group.

Who is Not a Jew?

Published on August 21, 1997

In the midst of an international crisis over Who is a Jew, with Israeli police stopping Conservative and Reform men and women from praying together at the Western Wall and a small Orthodox group declaring that liberals are not practicing Judaism, it's good to know there is, apparently, still one thing that all Jews can agree upon: Who is not acting as a Jew.